Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good to know Henning. Thanks. After fighting with the 5D/Ultima for 40 minutes; my immediate emotional response was sell this thing; move to Nikon; or something. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jul 15, 2010, at 4:10 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > George, I've found the 5DII to be a vast improvement over the 5D in > these sort of situations. I don't have an Ultima but do have the 17 > and 24 Canon TSE lenses. If you compose and focus only on the image > coming to you by way of the mirror you really con't use the tilt > function on these lenses. On the other hand, in magnified Live View > mode accurate tilts are a piece of cake. I've done a lot of table > top stuff with LF, and I wish I had had something like this. It > truly is a revelation, and no dark cloth and loupes required while > hot lights are burning into your ears. > > Live View on this camera (and the m4/3 cameras I'm familiar with) > is accurate enough to realistically and correctly measure and judge > the effects of focus shift in various lenses, let alone accurately > set up tilts or focus macro objects. The fact that the screen is as > bright at f/16 as at f/2.8 is a huge help. > > > > > At 3:29 PM -0500 7/15/10, George Lottermoser wrote: >> I agree totally Mark. >> >> I continue to NOT understand >> the quest for easier, less, smaller, cheaper, less, etc ? >> >> Yes iPhones et al are fun and >> in the hands of skilled visionaries, >> can produce art. >> >> I just did a series of macro images >> using the 5D on the Ultima with an 80 Rodenstock Apo enlarging lens >> with the intention of using shifts and tilts. >> The viewing screens (both the original and the brightscreen) just >> suck (for this kind of work). >> So I replaced the 5D with the R8/DMR >> and immediately found my self in big, huge, heavy, difficult, tilt/ >> shift macro heaven; >> achieving exactly what I envisioned in my mind. >> >> The only body that could be better (given my lenses and other kit) >> would be an M9/90macro/Viso because of the additional real estate; >> or better yet a 39CFV, Leaf Aptus II-7 to 10, or PhaseOne 25+, 45+ >> or 65+, back. >> With the M9 mega-tool - the question is not "what what other >> camera can I get to make macro easier?" >> The question is "What can I get to do macro with this incredible >> M9 tool?" >> >> If all I had was an M9 and wanted to do macro >> I'd be all over the 90 macro and viso with bellows and all sorts >> of lenses. >> (but going from M9 to 1.5, 4/3 or smaller? What is the point? >> unless all we're talking about is "oh look there's a neat bug to >> show on the web" type of approach) >> >> (The 5D remains a fun and functional tool with Canon lenses) >> >> and of course YMMV >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser > > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information