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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Self-Portrait During Lens Checkout
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue Jan 6 22:31:55 2009
References: <9667A9CF459844178437B5F12DD17AFC@jimnichols><496447FF.9010509@tele2.fr> <23a0a61f0901062219q29379397u13a1d22f12883a07@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Simon,

Thanks for looking. Unfortunately, I don't have a model like your cute 
daughter, so the old man has to do second best.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "simon jessurun" <simon.apekop@gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Self-Portrait During Lens Checkout


> Wow nice one i tried on of those years ago and know how hard it is to 
> judge
> the distance correctly so that the iris blades and your eyes are in the 
> same
> plane in the mirror.best,simon amsterdam
> the netherlands
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Philippe AMARD 
> <philippe.amard@tele2.fr>wrote:
>
>> Cool !
>> Focus is more on the camera than the man, but it works for me.
>> Have you tried to BW it?
>>
>> In either case, Steve should include thisportrait in his gallery methink.
>> Philippe
>>
>> Jim Nichols wrote:
>>
>>  I finally decided to check out the Super-Multicoated-Takumar 50/1.4 on 
>> my
>>> Oly E-510.  With no one else to use for an image, I decided to do 
>>> another
>>> self-portrait, though holding the camera below my face and guessing at 
>>> the
>>> field in view.  After several images were checked, I concluded that bald
>>> heads don't add to images anyway, hence did a close crop.
>>>
>>> All told, the lens is a pleasure to use, and the results, 
>>> notwithstanding
>>> the model, were not too bad.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Self-Portrait.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
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