Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard, I think you already have the 'hang of it' even though the pictures are a bit soft, I like them. Possibly using an 800 speed film to get the shutter speed up a notch or two would probably help. Using a 1/15 or 30th and a 50mm usually brings on some camera shake. Lets see some more. sl > I'm still trying to get the hang of people photography with > Leicas (or with anything else, but we aren't here to talk about > artillery as photographic equipment <g>). I'd like to know what > people think of the photos below, particularly what I could do > differently next time to improve them. > > These were all taken on 2 May 2002 at Walter Lawson's shop in > Boonsboro, Md., as he repaired my Vienna horn. I used a Leica > IIIf BD, 50mm f/2 collapsible Summicron, and Fuji Superia 400. > Exposure was 1/15 or 1/30 at f/2, determined by taking an > incident light reading with a Sekonic L-508. Light was pretty dim > in the shop, much murkier than the pictures would lead you to > believe. > > > http://www.mindspring.com/~flagstad/horn/vienna/pics/g.lawson003.jpg > > http://www.mindspring.com/~flagstad/horn/vienna/pics/g.lawson001.jpg > > http://www.mindspring.com/~flagstad/horn/vienna/pics/g.lawson002.jpg > > http://www.mindspring.com/~flagstad/horn/vienna/pics/g.lawson004.jpg > > > Maybe someday I'll get the hang of this kind of picture taking. > > Thanks. > > Howard Sanner > flagstad@mindspring.com > -- - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html