Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/05

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Subject: [Leica] Shot with our own cameras [from Steve Barbour (photo Judith Westoby)]
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 07:19:17 +1000
References: <610E7E32-6469-4AA1-8825-43E40EA4BF77@gmail.com> <20101005193135.GF29968@jbm.org>

Always keep something in front of your face in these circumstances. It's
worse if they have put their Nocti on your camera AND they can focus it.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hoppyman/1/MeNOCT.jpg.html

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 6 October 2010 05:31, Jeff Moore <jbm at jbm.org> wrote:

> 2010-10-05-11:49:15 Steve Barbour:
> > this is what happens when you hand your camera to someone (for an
> instant)....
> >
> > http://upload.pbase.com/kididdoc/image/129155266/large
>
> Nice!  You're clearly a man of powerful thirsts.
>
> Here I am, looking a little like Frankenstein's monster surounded by
> torch-wielding villagers, as my own camera was turned on me recently:
>
>
> http://photos.bazbarfoo.com/Parties/201009-CathyJen/13956430_Zi7ey#1025482499_GBHAr-A-LB
>
> I think this picture also captures some of the characteristic
> strengths and weaknesses of the micro-four-thirds cameras in dimmish
> light, as it's one of those Cathy had in her hand to take this.
> There's a kind of chalky/mealy quality to cartain pictures coming from
> that sensor which I don't see in pictures from the M9 or a big Canon.
> Maybe if were cleverer I'd know how to process it out somehow, unless
> it's mostly a pure limitation in dynamic range.  It's not a terrible
> look, it has its appeal sometimes, but it seems characteristic.
>
> Anyway, I bet we all have examples of getting fixed in the sights of
> our own instruments, some even pretty successful....
>
>  -Jeff
>
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In reply to: Message from steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Steve Barbour (photo Judith Westoby) photo)
Message from jbm at jbm.org (Jeff Moore) ([Leica] Shot with our own cameras [from Steve Barbour (photo Judith Westoby)])