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Subject: [Leica] Lincoln Center Fountain silhouettes at night
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 16:22:43 +1000
References: <AANLkTinU7vZ4qHaGzxhBoPeKG4amAQD5TD8z-CDEp3uP@mail.gmail.com> <C87A7EF4.1344%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Just teasing. I looked at your shot details and saw that you were limited to
f/5.6 with your lens ;-)
My M8 went to subsidise my M9. Just got the yummy new Summilux 35 for it so
that is my current project to shoot a lot with that.

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 1 August 2010 15:31, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> Thanks Geoff think I blur the line between 1.5 and 1.33 I'm not sure if
> there is a worthwhile difference between the two crop circles. Not a chance
> in hell I'd buy an M8 at this point you still using yours?. An M9 looks
> very
> good to me I'd love to get my Leica glass going again and have the option
> of
> looking looking through a rangefinder viewfinder again.
>
> --
> Mark William Rabiner
> mark at rabinergroup.com
>
>
> > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 15:18:05 +1000
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Lincoln Center Fountain silhouettes at night
>  >
> > Mark it's a nice creation and the effect with the water as part of your
> shot
> > is striking. You caught a fine range of postures to add interest to your
> > silhuoettes too.
> > What a shame that you didn't have a camera with a larger Crop Circle with
> > you ;-) ;-)
> > You can get one with a 1.33x instead that takes the best lenses in the
> world
> > and works fine for that kind of shot, although they encourage you to get
> > closer.
> >
> > Couldn't resist!!!
> >
> > Cheers
> > Geoff
> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> >
> >
> >  On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com
> >>> wrote:
> >>
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/100704_225458.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I don't know how I got such tack sharp results shooting at 100th of a
> >>> second
> >>> with a 200mm focal length with a 1.5 crop circle factor camera at
> night.
> >>> But its the ultra compact 55-200 again. And so an effective at full
> frame
> >>> format 300mm @ 100th of a second!
> >>> To me the dioramas presented by people in this At Josie Robertson Plaza
> >>> Fountain; called The Revson Fountain every night are amazing. But I
> >> usually
> >>> have a wide on my camera. And luckily this night a week or two ago I
> had
> >> a
> >>> long lens on.
> >>>
> >>> The people in the shot when they see me taking pictures of them off off
> >> to
> >>> the side assume I'm getting their faces. They don't know I'm just
> getting
> >>> their outlines.  So its an unusual deal. I feel real brave because I
> >> don't
> >>> feel like I'm invading anyone's privacy. But THEY don't know that. Much
> >> of
> >>> what goes on at the fountain is people taking pictures of each other.
> But
> >>> with flash usually. Not at this moment though.
> >>> And here I am standing off with a long zoom speaking with a student
> with
> >> a
> >>> camera bag who had the same exact lens on her camera. Both the non VR
> >>> version...who needs virtual reality when we  have the real thing?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/01/11/100111fa_fact_seabrook?printab
> >>> le=true<
> >>
> http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/01/11/100111fa_fact_seabrook?printab%
> >> 0Ale=true
> >>>
> >>> Or
> >>> http://tinyurl.com/38474c4
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Mark William Rabiner
> >>> mark at rabinergroup.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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