Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Geoff think I blur the line between 1.5 and 1.33 I'm not sure if there is a worthwhile difference between the two crop circles. Not a chance in hell I'd buy an M8 at this point you still using yours?. An M9 looks very good to me I'd love to get my Leica glass going again and have the option of looking looking through a rangefinder viewfinder again. -- Mark William Rabiner mark at rabinergroup.com > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 15:18:05 +1000 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Lincoln Center Fountain silhouettes at night > > Mark it's a nice creation and the effect with the water as part of your > shot > is striking. You caught a fine range of postures to add interest to your > silhuoettes too. > What a shame that you didn't have a camera with a larger Crop Circle with > you ;-) ;-) > You can get one with a 1.33x instead that takes the best lenses in the > world > and works fine for that kind of shot, although they encourage you to get > closer. > > Couldn't resist!!! > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com >>> wrote: >> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/100704_225458.jpg.html >>> >>> >>> I don't know how I got such tack sharp results shooting at 100th of a >>> second >>> with a 200mm focal length with a 1.5 crop circle factor camera at night. >>> But its the ultra compact 55-200 again. And so an effective at full frame >>> format 300mm @ 100th of a second! >>> To me the dioramas presented by people in this At Josie Robertson Plaza >>> Fountain; called The Revson Fountain every night are amazing. But I >> usually >>> have a wide on my camera. And luckily this night a week or two ago I had >> a >>> long lens on. >>> >>> The people in the shot when they see me taking pictures of them off off >> to >>> the side assume I'm getting their faces. They don't know I'm just getting >>> their outlines. So its an unusual deal. I feel real brave because I >> don't >>> feel like I'm invading anyone's privacy. But THEY don't know that. Much >> of >>> what goes on at the fountain is people taking pictures of each other. But >>> with flash usually. Not at this moment though. >>> And here I am standing off with a long zoom speaking with a student with >> a >>> camera bag who had the same exact lens on her camera. Both the non VR >>> version...who needs virtual reality when we have the real thing? >>> >>> >>> >>> >> http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/01/11/100111fa_fact_seabrook?printab >>> le=true< >> http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/01/11/100111fa_fact_seabrook?printab% >> 0Ale=true >>> >>> Or >>> http://tinyurl.com/38474c4 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> mark at rabinergroup.com >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> >> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >> previous >> replies in your msgs. ] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information