Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Ted. I'll give this a try next time out. >>>>>It's sometimes hard to decide what to square up to though. I made >the near edge of the ATM booth ><http://gallery.leica-users.org/CAPE_COD/4_31A_0167_web> vertical in >the camera finder and it came out that way on the negative but the >far end posts and the roof sign were way out of whack as a result.<<< > >Hi Dick, >What you do is, work one side to the other! In other words, once you >have the main 15mm view you want on film and have locked down the >"centre spot" of the frame. > >Then switch your eye to the internal M viewfinder, line up the >centre spot first, then one side vertically correct. Then look for >an aligning line on the other side of the viewfinder. When you have >both sides of the viewfinder squared away, you are laughing all the >way to a finely aligned photograph and PS becomes redundant for >correcting. ;-) > >And it avoids any distortion whatsoever! ;-) Yeah you might have to >squiggle the camera slightly but it'll beat all the messing around >in PS! ;-) > >You may have to squiggle one side to the other vertically, but it's >very easy and saves a great amount of time screwing around in PS >because you didn't hold the camera properly in the first place. Do >the sides alignment and PS is history! > >Which obviously you are doing very well for such a short time using >this super-wide lens. :-) > >It's a matter of the more you use it the better you become and you >also become much wiser in using the 15mm in creating very >interesting photography. > >Too many people have an automatic distaste for super wide because >they have a hate thing of..... "distortion" when in reality they've >never taken the time to learn how to get the most out of this type >of lens. > >I used a 15mm more times when shooting travel assignments and a >number of the OR situations when shooting my medical books simply >because it gave an entirely different look to the situation. > >Beat's the heck out of any competition unless they're as skilled as >you are at using the super-wide 15mm. > >So far your doing just fine, stay on this path and I don't have any >doubt you'll be making entirely different looking photographs the >likes you've never seen before. :-) > >ted > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information