[Leica] High Res M9 Portrait (how sharp is sharp enough?)

[tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)]

+1!

Tina

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 7:03 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Geoff,
> I don't re-call you shooting me in such a high class manner?
>
> My goodness one of the better if not the best portrait type photo of me in
> about 40-50 years. :-) Damn yer good lad! I'll consider hiring you for my
> 90th BD portrait 2018? 2019? :-)
>
> cheers,
> ted :-)
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of
> Geoff Hopkinson
> Sent: October-22-14 2:18 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] High Res M9 Portrait (how sharp is sharp enough?)
>
> Always entertaining, Kyle. I must be doing it all wrong so very often.
>
> And the ultimate heresy, Dr T in colour and at f/5.6. Forgive me.
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/144872730
>
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
> On 23 October 2014 07:00, kyle cassidy on the LUG <leicaslacker at 
> gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > In reading lens reviews I'll often see something like "this portrait lens
> > really starts to shine at f5.6" and I think "f5.6? who in their right
> mind
> > would ever stop down to f5.6 with a portrait lens? Open it up all the way
> > and solder down the aperture ring." But then occasionally I think "eek,
> my
> > DOF is a little narrow there" and I resign myself to the possibility
> that,
> > occasionally, f4 is warranted if you want to get both the lion and the
> > gazelle in focus.
> >
> > Not that I'll likely ever do it, but I'll accept it may be true.
> >
> > Here's a high res portrait that may or may not be sharp enough.
> >
> > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2014/stars-flower-high-res.jpg
> >
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