Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam, Very good images indeed. I concur that the Canon lens performance is hardly distinguishable from the Leica lens when viewed on my monitor. We have the purple Finches in our yard, but I have never had much luck shooting through the window glass. My hat is off to you. You got some great shots. Jim Nichols > [Original Message] > From: Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: 2/4/2005 8:16:57 PM > Subject: [Leica] LeiCanon photos from Arizona > > We're down in Black Canyon, Arizona for a few days and I brought along > the 1Ds and some good glass. > > These flowers are in what passes for a yard here. I wasn't prepared > for specular highlights on these flowers - but like all dessert blooms > they protect their water content. > > This first one was shot with the very good Canon 24-70 F2.8L lens: > > <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2005/02/04/_L3U0030.jpg> > > Then I swapped it for the Leica 100mm APO. > > <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2005/02/04/_L3U0045-crp-crv-shrp.jpg> > > This, I think, is a kind of lantana. It is VERY small - maybe the size > of a US penny or even a dime across. > > <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2005/02/04/_L3U0056-crp-crv-shrp.jpg> > > There are also birds. These are house finches (I think given Doug > Herr's comments.) All shot with the telyt 280 wide open. It was a high > milky sky and I was shooting through the pane of the kitchen window > when I snapped these. So the Leica glass doesn't show its stuff as > well as it could. I'll have to craft a kind of blind if I'm going to > shoot these without the window. > > <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2005/02/04/_L3U0060-crp-crv-shrp.jpg> > > I think the softness in this one is more my focusing, and my unsteady > hand, than anything else. > > <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2005/02/04/_L3U0072-crp-crv-shrp.jpg> > > Canon recommends using the photoshop unsharp mask starting with > settings of 300%/.3/0 which is what I have used on all of these. The > images are sharpened again when reduced for display on the web. > > Your comments are most welcome. > > Adam > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information