[Leica] The Farmers Market

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Very good shots, Herb.  The M9 definitely produces great images.  Show us 
some more.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 1:34 AM
Subject: [Leica] The Farmers Market


> So, after eight years of getting totally out of practice, I decided to 
> attempt some street photography. Approached the market area with 
> butterflies in my stomach: "Don't take my picture," I remember a vendor 
> saying to me some years ago. When I last tried it, the camera was an M6 
> and I remember metering the sunlight and shadow areas and remembering the 
> two F stops that worked at my chosen shutter speed. I probably used the 
> rangefinder religiously.
>
> Today, with an M9, I decided that I could just leave it sit at F/11. Then, 
> taking to heart an article I had read recently, I decided to just set F/11 
> on the infinity mark, i.e. setting it at the hyperfocal distance for F/11. 
> It was a pleasure. I'd just slam the camera up to my eye and snap; nobody 
> noticed me. Because of what I thought was the high contrast of the 
> situation, after shooting the first half dozen, I set it up to bracket: 
> three shots, one a stop under, one a stop over. When I got to look in 
> Lightroon, it was obvious that bracketing had not been necessary. The 
> range was within the latitude of the sensor, and all wanted adjustments 
> could be done in Lightroom.
>
> C & C Welcome.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/Market/
>
> Herb
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> Herbert Kanner
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>
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