[Leica] IMGs: Farmers' Market at People's Park

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

To see how the Elmar performed on people in crowded spaces, we headed 
off to Sunday's Farmers' Market at the People's Park in Dun Laoghaire 
which was much busier that I expected. The lens cap was needed due to 
frequent light showers, and proved very hard to take off in a hurry. 
Turned out later that it was one that seems to work better on my 35mm 
Summaron. I probably got them mixed up while they have been resting :-)

The lens itself was fine, but the focal length, if you wanted to get 
focus perfectly on people from head to toe, was just a bit too long. 
With the crowds scurrying around, many photo opportunities were wasted 
as out of focus personages drifted between the camera and intended 
subject. I guess I'm a 35mm kind of guy and like to see the whites of 
their eyes. As a result, I had to dump a fair few shots.

Here are 17 okish shots.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Dun+Laoghaire/DL+120317+a1+food+queue.jpg.html
and then click to the right... sixteen times.

Sony A7ii with Leica 50/2.8 Elmar. Can be seen LARGE.

Today, I put my sixty five year old Canon Serenar 35/3.2 on the Sony, so 
we'll see how that one goes. The camera now fits in my pocket.

Douglas