Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, but that was then and this is now. I would love to photograph with one camera and one lens but I can't get anybody to pay me to do that! I use three lenses mostly. Back in the film days, I would use at least three M cameras with different lenses and different films. It is so much easier now that you can change ISOs when the light changes. I would have loved that back when I was photographing in dark houses and then Central American sun!! Photographers today will never know what we had to work with in the past. Tina On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Cedric Agie <cedric.agie at gmail.com> wrote: > I agree. > > But do you know Henri Cartier Bresson, who also started the magnum > Agency with Robert Capa, used only one camera and one lens during his > whole life? > A Leitz camera M, I don't even know the model, and an Elmar 50mm. All > markings where kept hidden behind black stickers. Interrupting his > retirement he accepted a last job for taking pictures in Northern > France. In a few weeks time he took more than 10.000 B&W pictures with > this same camera and lens. He simply stopped photography because he > couldn't walk around as he liked. He said to someone cit; "I don't > need a tele or a zoom etc, I have my feet for this". > > When I go for a family event I take an M and a 35mm I can easily keep > hidden or if there are newcomers or children I take a Leica R-8 and a > Leica zoom f:4 35-75mm with a winder. Altough I never trusted zooms > verry much. So I don't have to change lenses. > > Thank you for all your infos. > > Regards > > Cedric > > 2013/3/24 Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>: > > I do use my camera hard in hostile environments and cannot wait until I > > have a dust-free, wind-free opportunity to change lenses; therefore, I > have > > many, many dust spots and splotches on my sensors. I clean them with the > > little rotating brush thing and the eraser-looking thing. My M9 has a > > stubborn spot on the far left hand edge that I need to use a liquid > cleaner > > on but haven't gotten around to yet. In the meantime, in LR I can > isolate > > that particular smudge and tell the program to spot it in every single > > photo made with that camera. Sometimes I have to go back and tweak a > spot > > or two but it's still easier than doing each individual photo. For stock > > submissions any microscopic spot of dust will result in a rejection with > > punitive actions by the stock agency. I am happy with my Leica sensors > and > > would not want anything in front of the sensor that might degrade the > image > > in any way. > > > > Tina > > > > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> I am surprised to see this topic developing like the Aftermarket > batteries > >> and UV filters topics. Such widely different viewpoints expressed and > >> different experiences reported. Leica M's of course don't have lots of > the > >> technology the big manufacturers use. We all know that. Fine by this > >> amateur. Others may prefer more of course. I appreciate the approach of > >> best possible optical path, absolute minimum of material in front of the > >> photo sites. > >> > >> I don't do any of these special precautions. My camera always has a lens > >> mounted so I can use it immediately. I just pull the next lens from the > bag > >> and take off its rear cap, twist the mounted one off and swap. A couple > of > >> times a year I spend 10-15 minutes to brush off the sensor then use one > or > >> two wet swabs. If the air was full of dust or blown sand/spray then I > >> wouldn't. No one is paying me to get those shots. I don't use my cameras > >> hard in hostile environments. > >> > >> Incidentally Nikon just told me that my D600 may develop excessive spots > >> on the sensor and that I should return it to a service agent if so! > Fancy > >> that. > >> > >> cheers > >> Geoff > >> > >> On 25/03/2013, at 6:46, Cedric Agie <cedric.agie at gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > There must be a problem of stattic electricity, certainly with a new > >> > camera containig electronics. When I change lenses of an M, R or > >> > Hasselblad camera, and certainly with the M-9 I allways : > >> > > >> > 1? choose a quiet place and protect my camera as much as possible and > >> > never when it's windy, if possible go inside somewhere, a car or a > >> > building, be it a toilet, > >> > 2? allways turn the camera with the lens down, > >> > 3? have the new (clean) lens ready without its lenscap, clean my > >> lenscaps, > >> > 4? have a blower at hand and if possible and/or have a table or > >> > somebody nearby for help and do the changes quickly after 2 or 3 > >> > strong blows inside with the blower without a brush! > >> > > >> > We all inspect the surfaces of our lenses closely and are used to see > >> > lots of dust and dirt on it in no time. The same phenomenon happens > >> > with our films, but the fine dust and particles are usually washed > >> > away during the developping process. Not so of course with digital > >> > cameras with interchangeable lenses. The dust and durt simply stays > >> > where it is and the problem grows steadily untill you do something. > >> > In my case this has worked without much fuzz for more than a year. > >> > When I first discovered the problem, I went to the local Leica agent > >> > who admitted the problem, cleaned the CCD in no time (about half an > >> > hour) installed the latest software with no charge for this first > >> > intervention. > >> > > >> > Kodak at some time developped sophysticated (often efficient but > >> > expensive) systhems for labs that had such problems. Sometimes they > >> > even advised to install metallic surfaces (usually stainless steel > >> > plates) that were grounded to the earth of the building. > >> > > >> > Good luck, > >> > > >> > Cedric > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > 2013/3/24 Stasys Petravicius <stasys1 at cox.net>: > >> >> Hi All- I use panasonic p/s cameras on vacations. On the last trip I > >> took about 1800 happy snaps. I have discovered that there is a smudge in > >> the frame (depending on the light and composition). This is a $250 > camera, > >> and sending it in for cleaning is not economical. I've done it before > under > >> warranty- and it comes back if you shoot enough. Back on topic with > Leica- > >> I just had my R9 serviced at the factory in Germany and guess what? The > >> spots are back in the images. I've had it back about 2 months. I can > take > >> the DMR back off and clean? the sensor- but interchanging lenses - the > >> spots come back. I think the only solution is as suggested- a cleaning > >> system incorporated in the camera design - or a fixed zoom lens of say > 28- > >> 200 mm range which you do not take off the camera body. Maybe I'll just > >> buy another panasonic $250 camera and use it for another 1800 or 2500 > >> frames. Best, Stasys > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Leica Users Group. > >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Leica Users Group. > >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com