Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi George, Hand held, no wind. At f/1 the shutter speed was 1/1000. There was a polarizer on the front, which is why the f/stop on the image is higher than the actual f/1 used. ISO @ 400... Just lucky... Bob On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 8:19 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > > On Mar 9, 2012, at 9:12 PM, Robert Adler wrote: > > >> From my front yard. My mother-in-law's yartsite (marking of the day > someone > > died) was four years ago today. Her name was Lillian. Unfortunately she > > hated lilies, but she presented me with this today. > > > > http://www.rgaphoto.com/fleur/content/L1000384-Edit-Edit_large.html > > > > This was taken with the noctilux. As you can see, the front of the flower > > (where I focused) is out of focus. When I bought the lens and the M9, the > > dealer sent the nocti in for coding and CLA. I asked the dealer's > salesman > > to please send my new M in with the lens so that they could be matched. > He > > insisted it wasn't necessary because if my new M was checked at the > factory > > before shipping, it would perfectly match the M they were going to test > the > > Nocti on. Twice I insisted; twice he said it wasn't necessary. He checked > > it before shipping it to me (after it was in NJ for 6 weeks) and said it > > was perfect. > > > > Obviously it's not. He is sending me a loaner M and 50 summicron while he > > sends my M and Nocti, again, to NJ. Also giving me attitude > unfortunately. > > Oh well. Hopefully it will return in 6 weeks and with a happy ending... > > Have to ask > was the camera on a tripod? > and > was their absolutely no wind? > > Beautiful photograph though > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler Redwood City, CA http://www.rgaphoto.com