Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/19

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] A shot of T
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Wed Apr 19 12:15:11 2006

BW conversion is a good way to go. But...if you stop thinking about the E-1
as a howitzer, it won't be. I honest-to-God to not feel a difference between
the E-1 and the M in terms of how I work with it. Do I prefer the feel of
the M? Absolutely! But when push comes to shove, it really doesn't seem to
make a difference.

Also, on the E330 smoothing...I really think that's her skin, because I've
noticed that the E330 gives me a less noisy, yet more real look than say the
E500 at 800 iso...


On 4/19/06 2:35 PM, "Klein, Peter A" <kleinp@BATTELLE.ORG> wrote:

> Wow!  That's my kind of picture!  The eyes have it, indeed!  Just
> beautiful.  
> 
> The E-330 is certainly proving itself viable as a B&W available light
> camera.  I'm wondering if the camera's internal noise reduction is
> responsible for some of the "perfect skin" look.  I looked closely, and
> there are hints of a few zits that were smoothed out by something.
> 
> I don't know how you do it, B.D.  Whenever I take my E-1 and 14-54 out,
> I feel like I'm toting a howitzer compared to a Leica.  I feel much more
> conspicuous.  And I never get the level of detail you do.  Even shooting
> RAW.  Granted, there's a 5 - 7.5 megapixel difference, but you were
> doing fine with the E-1 as well.
> 
> I'm going to have to try some B&W conversion with the E-1.  Maybe that's
> part of the "secret."
> 
> -Peter
> 
> At 09:42 PM 4/18/2006, B.D. wrote:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/BDCOLENPHOTOS/LOOK
>> 
>> Comments, criticisms, witticisms.
>> B. D.
> 
> Tina wrote:
> 
>> Wow, what eyes!  A great "slice of life" photo that makes you wonder
>> about the people involved.  She's almost too beautiful.  I can
>> imagine advertising photographers working for hours with lights and
>> models to try to come up with a "natural" looking shot to use in a
>> slick advertising campaign, but not coming close to the real feeling
>> you see here.  I even like the out-of-focus woman framing the
>> photo.  Just wonderful.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information



In reply to: Message from kleinp at BATTELLE.ORG (Klein, Peter A) ([Leica] A shot of T)