Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/27

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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: SL with 100 Macro R Lens
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 14:14:57 -0600
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The first on is not up to your standard, but the last 3 are nice.

While I know Leica lenses are perfect, have you tried a slight touch of 
sharpening to any of your shots?  The red berries seem the sharpest of 
the series.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 11/27/2015 2:09 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> I think you are right, Jim.  I tried some with a higher shutter speed:
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/161941652  and the next 3.  Better?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tina
>
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Tina, I think shutter speed and shallow DoF are hurting your efforts on
>> some of these.  Regardless of the old rule of thumb, I would suggest you
>> try to use 1/200 with this lens.  I feel that the sharpest image you 
>> showed
>> is the feather with water droplets, which shows 1/160 at f/5.6.  That 
>> seems
>> to be a sweet spot.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>> On 11/27/2015 12:48 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>>
>>> PESO:
>>>
>>> This is going to take some practice and lots of experimenting!  I just
>>> missed the focus on a lot of these and haven't figured out yet how to use
>>> the focus peaking on this camera.  Time to read the manual again.
>>>
>>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/161941231
>>>
>>> and hit NEXT 8 times.
>>>
>>> What lens should I try next?
>>>
>>> Tina
>>>
>>>
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In reply to: Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMGS: SL with 100 Macro R Lens)
Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMGS: SL with 100 Macro R Lens)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMGS: SL with 100 Macro R Lens)