Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sat, 04 November 2000, "gbicket" wrote: > > Morning! > > What John Gong had to say about his experience with Jim Brick's earlier > owned 24mm R rang true to me as all too rare on the LUG, its substance > turning on pilot error. The results different users get with a particular > lens, if it is manufactured within given tolerances turn a lot more on how > the lens is used than the lens itself. > <SNIP> > > Now as long as we're considering the remote possibility of photographer > error, let me jump to confess that after lots of trying with the 80mm R, I > could never consistently put the focus plane where I wanted it. Some rolls > would come back with hilariously misplaced planes of focus. One by one > revealing that while there was indeed a razor sharp focus plane, and > beaucoup bokeh, often nowhere near I intended it. I got it right between a > third and half the time! There were even shots that turned out interesting, > but fully unintentional in terms of what I had attempted to do. > Compliments about the unintended focus plane in a particular photograph made > it worse! > Greg, JOOC, which body were you using? Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt - -------------------------------------------------- Stay in touch with Northwestern and the world. Click http://www.nualumni.com to get your FREE Northwestern StartPage. Customize your own collection of the latest news, sports, stock quotes, and more. Check it out today!