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Subject: [Leica] IMGs: Farmers' Market at People's Park
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 07:01:34 +0100
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Nice walk. ?Farmers market? seems a bit of a misnomer, though. It looks way 
more upscale than a real farmers? market.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 14 Mar 2017, at 02:34, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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