Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Understood, Frank. I think that Michiel was just commenting that the lens produces excellent results, even wide open and I could have reduced the long exposure times. Here (night shot) of course any vignetting would have been largely irrelevant. I just established an exposure level initially (started at 8 secs and worked down to 2 secs) that would preserve reasonable highlights and mid-shadow detail while letting me later adjust/clip the darks to where I wanted. I used ISO 640 to avoid significant noise and the mid aperture was (pano) habit. A lot of chimping and I managed to flatten the battery before the final shot (aftar leaving the charged spares at home, Rats!) All done in the dark, I couldn't actually see any controls and used the LCD glow in preview to set the (30 degree) increments on the panning clamp between shots! Standing on a very windy open 34th floor balcony with my camera bag swinging from the hook on the bottom of the column for stability. Fitting your M9 and new lens to a quick release clamp in the dark next to a precipice concentrates the mind wonderfully ;-) Cheers Geoff *Life's not black and white, except at both ends* http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 3 April 2011 15:49, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> wrote: > PMFJI but, depth of field considerations apart, I have found vignetting to > be the main reason why panos don't work wide open. One of the things > necessary for a good merge between frames is even exposure, which you don't > get at f1.4. > Yes, I am the man who was disappointed by evening panorama attempts... > FD > > On 2 Apr, 2011, at 22:28, Michiel Fokkema wrote: > > > Very nice pano. > > But why use f8? this lens should be perfect at 1.4. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Michiel Fokkema > > > > Op 28-03-11 10:50, Geoff Hopkinson schreef: > >> We are having few days at the Gold Coast in lieu of our cancelled > >> Christchurch visit. Waiting for a tsunami now. > >> Experimented here with stitching four photos from our balcony with the > new > >> 35. (2 seconds exposures). > >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/133487302 > >> > >> Cheers > >> Geoff > >> > >> *Life's not black and white, except at both ends* > >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > -- > > ______________________ > > Fokkema Fotografie > > +31(0)615569576 > > www.michielfokkema.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >