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Subject: [Leica] In the Zurich Café
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 23:44:39 +0100
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Jayanand,

thanks. Neither my small zoom nor my 35mm has distance scales ;-(. The 35 has
aperture but not marked range. The assumption, I assume, is that you are 
going
to be using them at eyelevel and not like Lluis was.

Shame,

Peter

On 10/04/2017 05:19, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> Peter,
> You can with some of the Fuji lenses - my 14mm f2.8 has a DOF scale, for
> example, as do the 16mm f1.4 and the 23mm f1.4.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 1:48 AM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>  An insight into your technique! It certainly works well.
>>
>> You can't do that with the Fujis because you've not got a scale on the
>> lens. You
>> can't use auto focus for obvious reasons! So I'd miss a shot like this
>> unless I
>> had a Leica with me! Believe me; I have tried!!
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> On 09/04/2017 20:01, lluisripollphotography wrote:
>>> Thank you Peter!
>>>
>>> I?ve do this shot really close, at 1 m., I estimated distance, light
>> measured with a hand spotmeter (much more discreet than use the camera),
>> I?ve  put the camera on the bar oriented to the man, without looking
>> through the viewfinder and shoot. I was lucky with the result, the 28mm
>> wide angle help a lot.
>>>
>>> Lluis
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> El 9 abr 2017, a les 20:13, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> va
>> escriure:
>>>>
>>>> Really nice tones - and he obviously didn't mind you being so close. I
>> like the
>>>> half-smile he has too.
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>> On 06/04/2017 23:32, lluisripollphotography wrote:
>>>>> View large please
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Zurich/20170406_
>> L1017535.jpg.html>
>>>>>
>>>>> Leica MM, Elmarit 28 Asph
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are appreciated and welcome
>>>>>
>>>>> Saludos cordiales
>>>>> Lluis
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
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Dr Peter Dzwig                          



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