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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Eggshells
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 07:38:10 +1000
References: <CA+yJO1CNExufG784Q4zMtGbYpXZj0H1KVE22k_0Riu1XBvSjvw@mail.gmail.com> <CAE3QcF5UjF9B6Yeqiss6ek+d6tbrQrNdkoNsDzzF1jLCDiSNiw@mail.gmail.com> <CA+yJO1A=RO3s3OAR38eDzUgjXRyOwMQ6VgsxobLicHrynUEtNQ@mail.gmail.com>

First useful step is to set your film mode to BW just to render the LCD
preview that way.


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


On 8 February 2014 07:26, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> I have not figured out how to use focus peaking yet!
>
> Tina
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi Tina, for whatever my opinion is worth, I don't think that you need to
> > add the R lenses to your travel kit, unless you had a specific interest
> > that you need to service, for example with a 200mm+ or a macro.
> > I do suggest that you include your EVF though. I can speak from
> experience
> > that it can be invaluable. After I bent my M and 50 I could keep going
> for
> > a couple of hundred more frames. Even without that, it's revealing what
> you
> > can do with it when you're required to use it.
> >
> > Here's Lluis in Barcelona with my 50 wide open or nearly so and slow
> > shutter speed, focus peaking in lower light.
> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/153865387.
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> > Geoff
> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> >
> >
> > On 8 February 2014 04:10, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> >
> > > PESO:
> > >
> > > To compare cameras and lenses, I'm using eggshells.  I've saved the
> > > eggshells to use as seed pots for the garden.
> > >
> > > The first one is with the 100 Macro R lens on the M240:
> > >
> > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/154414472
> > >
> > > Then the 35/1.4 M lens on the M240:
> > >
> > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/154414485
> > >
> > > Then the 50/1.4 M lens on the MM:
> > >
> > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/154414489
> > >
> > > Minimal processing on each in LR.
> > >
> > > I'm trying to decide if I need to carry any R lenses to Vietnam.  So
> > far, I
> > > think I'll just take M's and travel lighter.
> > >
> > > Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.  (Not that I'm planning on
> > > photographing eggshells in Vietnam!)
> > >
> > > Tina
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tina Manley
> > > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com
> > >
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>
> --
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>
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In reply to: Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMGS: Eggshells)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] IMGS: Eggshells)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMGS: Eggshells)