Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David, It might be worth your time to have your Hassy checked to make sure that there isn't something wrong with it or that it doesn't need some adjustment. Barney "inyoung@jps.net" wrote: > > Hi, > > I also have a Hassy 500CM with the 80mm which I gave up using due to focusing difficulty. Is there any way of improving my ability to focus better. Even with the Minolta bright screen, I have hard time focusing accurately. Maybe, I am not yet used to the format. > > Regards, > David > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: Mark Rabiner mark@markrabiner.com > Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 21:51:14 -0700 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Lenses For Wedding > > I tell many of my wedding clients to close their eyes and picture their wedding. > Then i tell them their wedding pictures are not going to look anywhere > near that good. > For one think I'm not using a fog filter. And I'm shooting mainly black > and white. > > I tell him to look at my shots I'm showing them spread out on my kitchen > table so they can tell when their wedding shots will look like. > But they will look about one tenth as good. > Because what they are seeing is only a few shots from each wedding I've done. > By they why i sued to use 35mm for canids and the Hasselblad for formals > but i switched to all Hasselblad all sqares about 15 years ago. > I find squares very easy to shoot for the candids. And i never have to > turn the camera on the side for a vertical. > > Off topic but i use the 80 and 50 on my Hasselblad for a wedding. > Usually most of the candids are done with the 50 which as about the same > horizontal angle of view as a 35 on a Leica. .... for the formals the 80 > which is a "normal. lens" Although i find a square format with a normal > lens a horse of a different color. It's "normal" in 4 directions not > just 2 if you catch my drift. > > - > Mark Rabiner > Portland, Oregon USA > http://www.markrabiner.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html