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Subject: [Leica] IMG summicronR caution zoo pics
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Fri Jan 16 07:58:02 2009
References: <23a0a61f0901160054g6f268c0eoaef981615eef94cb@mail.gmail.com>

the butterfly in flight takes the cake, though I like the perched one  
also.

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/

On Jan 16, 2009, at 3:54 AM, simon jessurun wrote:

> Hello ,in order to warm up a bit #2 daughter dragged me out of the  
> house in
> order to visit the butterfly garden in our local zoo;Artis(artis  
> natura
> artis magistra) .
> I kept postponing  using an old summicronR on the Canon.
> Fearsome I guess that the Leica lens would turn out to be inferior  
> to the
> Canon lenses.Trying to focus track on the butterflies in the garden  
> with the
> long throw summicron proved quite a challenge.
> Nevertheless the high ISO and blindingly fast speed of the MarkIII  
> produced
> some passibles I hope.
> What i like to believe is that the Leica lens produces a way more  
> brilljant
> picture then the canon lenses.
> I would very much like to hear your opinion on this.
> The fullframes were all converted from Raw with DPP in the same  
> manner if i
> recall correctly
> ;contrast minimum to keep detail , maximum sharpness and luminosity  
> noise
> reduced at 20,
> the pics are all here:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/animal/
> brilliance is best illustrated here
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/animal/leuwin.JPG.html
> bokeh here
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/animal/vlinderff.JPG.html
> and my favourate action shot here
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/animal/vl3ff.JPG.html
> all the best,simon
>
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