Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good point, Sonny. Just what I did with my M9 and 35mm lens, but, alas, Leica has had my camera with messed up sensor since December and I?ve not heard a thing. Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you. > On Mar 13, 2015, at 5:11 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > Just turn off the flash, don't use macro. Set the camera up at home and > shoot it the same way all the time and don't mess with the menus outside. > > I've been shooting Friday Flowers for years and NEVER used macro mode. > Shoot wider and crop. > > As that crazy Canadian says KISS. > > from my iPad > > Sonny Carter > >> On Mar 13, 2015, at 1:12 AM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/DSCF1598.jpg.html >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/DSCF1598.jpg.html> >> >> In a way, this is cheating. The flower did not come from my backyard. It >> did not come from a neighbor?s garden; it came from a neighborhood >> grocery store. These flowers, displayed for modesale, are a minor >> challenge: it is hard to find one not so thoroughly and tightly packed >> with neighbors that a single flower is hard to shoot. >> >> Anyway, I was just trying out manual focusing with peaking and am >> disappointed with the result. In addition, I?m getting really pissed off >> with that Japanese junk?referring to the firmware, not to the physical >> camera, which in general has been superb. Example: I wanted to use Macro. >> Well there is a mode called ?silent? which suppresses flash, the speaker >> which gives various toots, yaps, and simulated shutter clicks, flash, >> focus assist light, and for some reason that defies explanation, macro >> mode. So, I first have to hold down one button for ten seconds to unlock >> a lock (not ever mentioned in the manual), which unlocking permits me to >> hold down another button for another ten seconds to disable silent >> mode!!! Then I can set macro mode and take the picture. >> >> Well reversing this little action proved next to impossible. No matter >> what I did, the toggle between optical and electronic viewfinders did not >> work, and the display in the viewfinders was incomplete. I have set it to >> show battery status, focus distance and depth of field shown graphically, >> and the usual: shutter speed f number, exposure compensation, ISO, and >> the focus rectangle. And the lever on the front should toggle between EVF >> and OVF. After interminable minutes of fooling around I decided the >> quickest thing was to do a reset of the shooting menu and then set it up >> from scratch?this is not too bad because once I set RAW, many of the >> defaults are either what I want or are irrelevant. Mainly, I have to set >> check marks on boxes for what I want to show in the two finders. It took >> me a while to realize that this was really the fastest way to restore it >> to be a working camera. JAPANESE JUNK. Just what idiot specified this >> interface????? >> >> Cheers, y?all >> >> HerbBoe >> >> >> >> >> Herbert Kanner >> kanner at acm.org >> 650-326-8204 >> >> Question authority and the authorities will question you. >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >