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Subject: [Leica] Christmas Eve.
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:52:34 -0800
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>Interesting Herb (both the lens and the story). I think the DOF of a 90 @
>f/3,4 is pretty thin, especially the closer you are. There is a sharp spot
>about 2/3s into the image; behind the first couple of crab legs/claws.
>
>So, if the EXIF is correct at 3,4 (which with the M it may not be), the
>shallow DOF would be expected.
>Tough call, eh? Either pump the ISO up and be able to use a higher f-stop,
>or lower your shutter speed and get more motion. Don't you hate physics! ;-)
>
>One thing you can do is to find a chair or a wall to rest a camera on. That
>should get you at least 2 stops more...
>
>But the image is delicious as is, so this is just post game analyzing...
>You did the two most important things, you had a camera and you took the
>shot! I've enjoyed it.
>Best,
>Bob
>
>PS - Curious as to why you chose that lens combo to own..
>Bob
>
>On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:
>
>  > Yes, 90mm. Picture not as sharp as I would like. Maybe when shooting at
>  > 1/30 and below, I should set to "continuous" and fire of three.
>  >
>  > At least, now, I've finally formed the habit of setting the lens data 
> when
>  > I change lenses. I only own 35 and 90. I remember when I forgot to 
> change
>  > from 35 to 90 in EXIF and you asked: "How did you get that close to that
>  > duck".
>  >
>  > Incidentally, way back in the early forties, I got myself traumatized.
>  > After looking for the longest time for a decent 35mm camera, I found a 
> used
>  > Wirgin at Central Camera in Chicago. (I think I told this story before)
>  > ?hot a roll of Kodachrome and proudly took the slides into the lab to 
> show
>  > off to a colleague. I also took the camera and had a finger wag from a
>  > security guard--this was the Argonne Forest site of the wartime 
> Manhattan
>  > Project. Well, this guy starts looking at the slides with a 20X 
> magnifier
>  > and announces: "These ain't sharp; your camera is no good" (they had 
> been
>  > taken at 1/100--light camera, low inertia.) But when he got to the last
>  > shot he exclaimed: "This one is sharp." That last picture had been taken
>  > using a tripod. I was so traumatized that I wouldn't shoot handheld 
> under
>  > 1/250 for years.
>  >
>  >  Herb, is that EXIF data correct? 90mm? Just curious.
>  >> Bob
>  >>
>  >> On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> 
> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>  > Friends had us over for a Dungeness crab dinner.
>  >>  >
>  >>  >
>  >> http://gallery.leica-users.****org/v/herbk1/December-4.jpg.****html<
>  >>
>http://gallery.leica-**users.org/v/herbk1/December-4.**jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/December-4.jpg.html>
>  >> >
>  >>  > --
>  >>  > Herbert Kanner
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>  >>  > 650-326-8204
>  >>  >
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Herbert Kanner
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In reply to: Message from rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler) ([Leica] Christmas Eve.)
Message from rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler) ([Leica] Christmas Eve.)