Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]More pictures from a recent "Music of Remembrance" concert here in Seattle, consisting of music from or about the Holocaust. I was there "unoffically." The official photographer, wielding a monstrous Nikon F4 and zooms, told me that he was not supposed to shoot during the music, only during bows or setup. I complied with that except at the very end, when I couldn't resist a couple of shots during loud passages. The M6TTL shutter did not betray me. This concert also marked the debut of my recently-acquired Minolta Spotmeter M. It's so nice to be able to measure an individual face, open up a stop, and stop worrying. Until they change the lights, anyway. Roll 1 was T400CN. Roll 2 was old Tri-X. All of Roll 1 and the beginning of Roll 2 were shot with a borrowed 90/2 APO AA Summicron, mostly at wide open at 1/125. An incredible lens, reminds me of the 50 Summicron, with twice the magnification. You can tell when it's wide-open, but the loss of quality is slight rather than obvious. One weird thing, though--it seems to have narrower depth of field than a spherical 90. I think this is because the focus has a sharp peak rather than a broader "hump," so a person only a foot or two closer or farther than the point of focus looks more out of focus than with a traditional-design lens. Some of these pictures had the grain reduced a bit using Neat Image. I think I like most of them better unfiltered. Which do you like better, cropped or not? Ordinarily I'd go for the cropped version, but my wife prefers the uncropped version with more piano visible. http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/musicremem/1-06LonyaMinaCrop.jpg http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/musicremem/1-06LonyaMinaNotCrop.jpg http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/musicremem/1-10LonyaMinaWeb.jpg http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/musicremem/1-12JeannieMinaAmosWeb.jpg http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/musicremem/1-22AmosLoriErichWeb.jpg http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/musicremem/1-25AmosLoriErichWeb.jpg http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/musicremem/1-25AmosLoriErichWeb.jpg http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/musicremem/2-02PreSchulhoffWeb.jpg (I need to redo this one) http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/musicremem/2-03LonyaMischaWeb.jpg "Cabaret Music from Terezinstadt." These were shot with the VC 50/1.5 Nokton, wide open, 1/60th. http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/musicremem/2-15TerezinWeb.jpg http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/musicremem/2-20TerezinWeb.jpg http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/musicremem/2-23TerezinBowsWeb.jpg Enjoy, comments welcome. - --Peter Klein Seattle, WA - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html