Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well then it sounds like you achieved your intentions Peter. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Nov 18, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Peter Cheyne wrote: > Thanks for the reply, George! > > I did get the Gitzo out, but then reflected that with fast lenses and > small cameras I almost never use a tripod anyway, so chose not to lock the > camera down. I hoped to determine how each lens performed > in terms of colour, contrast, handheld movement (tripod use would not have > indicated anything useful here), focused area and background rendering, > light fall-off and so on. > > I think these shots show do indicate colour, contrast, handheld usability > in low light, and rendering and I posted them for that reason, although I > did expect some to respond that there would be too many variables without > a tripod. Anyway, because I only use my tripod for my Tachihara and MF > cameras, I chose not to use it, as it would likely skew the results in > favour of the longer lenses in a way which would not be repeatable in my > usual Leica & Canon (handheld) situations. > > All the best, > > Peter Cheyne > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information