Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Nov 11, 2013, at 3:08 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > The closest petals are sharp. I like the colors. > On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> > wrote: > >> Sorry, Tina, >> >> I had expected something breathtaking - the subject is beautifully chosen >> and framed, but for f8 at 1/500th, I find it seriously soft and it has no >> areas that look particularly sharp. It may of course be (and I hope it >> was) >> camera shake after climbing the hill. >> >> The 100mm Macro usually delivers far better quality than here. >> On 10.11.2013 18:42, Tina Manley wrote: >> >>> Absolutely. More than suitable. I would never have carried the R body >>> and >>> DMR all this way and up a hill to photograph the rose. I just had to >>> carry >>> my usual M240 body, my 100 macro lens with an adapter, and the tiny EVF. >>> It makes macro photography possible again for me! >>> On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 6:30 PM, Bill Nelsch <photobynelsch at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Tina, what are your thoughts now on using R lenses on the M240? Is it a >>>> suitable replacement for the R body? >>>> On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> >>>>> It has been chilly and cold here all day. Feels like winter! >>>>> >>>>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/153313619 The closest petals may have been within the plane of focus though there's too much "movement" to refer to any part of the image as "sharp." looks to me as the second layer of petals with the water droplets on them is where the plane of focus was when the shutter clicked. I wonder if this discrepancy between what you saw in view finder and what was recorded as the wind moved the bloom is due to shutter lag with EVF Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist