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Subject: [Leica] IMG: A splash of vivid colour - Friday Flower
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 17:17:18 +0200
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Thanks Ming,

so do I, but it's hard to think of other subjects where it might be 
useful, perhaps for portraits? (perhaps not, portraits from that close 
are almost certain to make the subject nervous).

Cheers
Douglas

Thein Onn Ming wrote:
> I rather like the milky blur, actually.
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> On May 29, 2009, at 7:26 PM, Douglas Sharp wrote:
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>> I've just been playing around with Canon LTM lenses on Novoflex 
>> bellows on my Canon 20D and captured this splash of colour in the 
>> garden.
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Garden__MG_9586.jpg.html
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>> In contrast, this one is a rather more restful shot of a Wisteria 
>> flower taken last week with a very old Steinheil Cassarit: The milky 
>> blur was not intentional, the lens seems to capture it like this:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Garden__MG_9474.jpg.html
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>> For the technically minded, it's a set up with plenty of adapters: 
>> LTM to M42 on the lens / M42 to CY from the lens to the bellows / CY 
>> to EOS from the bellows to the camera.
>>
>> C+C more than welcome.
>>
>> Wishing you all a nice long weekend. All the best from a gloriously 
>> sunny Hannover
>> Douglas
>>
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