Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I doubt that lens wide open is the LUG norm, as much as you like to say it. If you examine the way your eye sees, you'll note that it tends to focus on objects and parts of the field not focused on is slightly oof. What we do, is show people what we see. From what I've read, HCB did things the way he did out of convenience. (He used a collapsible 50 because he liked to pocket the camera.) I've looked at lots of his images, and it is pretty clear that he did not stick to unruly rules. One important point is that he was shooting mostly outside with one camera, so he was stuck with whatever ASA (now ISO) and a maximum of 1000th of a second. That pretty much dictates his f stop. The freeing thing about digital is that we can adjust our ISO, and with a top shutter speed of 1/4000th, we CAN shoot wide open outside. Just for sport, I rolled back through my last six months, and the images I posted were a mix of shallow DOF and all in focus. http://www.sonc.com/look/ Admittedly the flowers are mostly shot at a wide aperture, but not always. But then, that's why I spent the money for Leica glass; If I wanted to shoot at f 8, I could have just bought a Nikon. On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Yea I 'm not saying all his shots were done at f8 at 125/th now was this > guy > I'm saying a bulk of them were close to that but the main issue is he was > don't walking around like the apparent LUG mentality with his lens wide > open > as a default. Unless he was on the beach at night when the moon was not > full. > A cursory glance at his body of work shows he was not a wide open kind a > guy. > > http://www.google.com/search?safe=off&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&bi > > w=1191&bih=666&q=henri+cartier+bresson+photographs&oq=henry+cartier+&gs_l=im > > g.3.1.0i10l10.567.4616.0.6601.16.15.1.0.0.0.518.1367.12j1j5-1.14.0...0.0...1 > ac.1.15.img.iT2oXbr3KoM > > Or > http://tinyurl.com/kck25fm > > He got very little of the total area of his image not in focus. > > What kind of Bokeh did his lens get? For all practical purposes: > None. > > > On 6/4/13 6:00 AM, "Philippe Amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > > > > > Le 4 juin 13 ? 11:44, Mark Rabiner a ?crit : > > > >> > >> His favorite postwar combination was Tri-X developed in 777. > >> > >> His standard settings were f8 at 125/th with the focus set to 15ft (5 > >> meters) > >> > > > > Along with the idea that he was hunting for greys would mean he only > > got that camera out of his pocket when the light and subject matched > > these parameters - I don't bite into this Mark. > > He definitely made last second adjustments - f8 1/125th 5m 400ASA may > > have been his "ever-ready" settings, nothing else i.e. the neutral of > > manual camera gearbox... > > Yes, I know it is known his tireur had a hell of time with his negs... > > > > Amiti?s > > Ph > > > > > > One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible > > to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. > > NO ARCHIVE > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA