Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]FWIW, for my landscape work I find f/11 diffusion impacts my large wall display prints. So, I use my "dual focus" approach at f/8 most often. That is, I take one image focused fairly close, usually on a foreground center of interest, and then I quickly go to the infinity stop (which I calibrate carefully using the focusing Leica-M to Sony adapters). Usually these will stack well in PS. If the range is too much, I will sometimes use a mid-point shot also, but the more shots, the more problems with assembly because I usually work hand held. Also, to cover my inadvertent movement/aim of the camera, I might also do a series of infinity shots to be sure I'm covered. Paul www.PaulRoark.com On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 11:45 PM Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I love f11 more than the next guy and getting everything in focus - the > best bokeh is no bokeh as far as I go but when everything is far and > nothing is close all you're getting in focus is air molecules and water > molecules and the tiny bugs who fly from molecule to molecule. I think a > lens along the line of 16-35mm is a photogs most important optic in this > state of the game looking at the year 2020 but ultrawide get everyone in > focus stopped now just a couple say f5.6 and be there. Stopping it down > more just makes for higher ISO's and slower shudder speeds and its where a > lens starts softening up due to diffraction which is a detraction. So I > would make for a different plan of action! > > > -- > > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > > ?On 9/19/18, 8:44 AM, "LUG on behalf of Don Dory via LUG" > <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > Hi Jim, Just a point choir high resolution sensors such as you have; > generally you are losing sharpness to distraction past f8. Generally > speaking especially with a wide angle you will get crisper images > holding a > larger f stop especially with Leitz lenses. Definitely something to > ask > the engineers while we are in Wetzler this October. > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018, 7:52 AM James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net> > wrote: > > > Hi, Philippe, and thanks. > > > > I shoot only DNG and import them into Lightroom for processing and > then > > export jpgs for posting. > > > > f/11 is my preferred aperture for landscape photography. My next > mini > > project I?ll shoot wide open (f/3.5-4.5). > > > > Jim > > > > > On Sep 19, 2018, at 12:25 AM, Philippe via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > Thanks Jim. Beautiful rendition, the four of them. and sharp! > > > > > > I have a few questions if I may. > > > a) are these jpegs straight from camera? if not, what > process/software > > did you use? > > > b) the lens seems to be stuck at f.11, is it deliberate? I?d like > to see > > some at full aperture when you have the opportunity to post more. > > > > > > In any case, keep the beautiful sights coming :-) > > > > > > Thanks in anticipation > > > > > > Amities > > > > > > Philippe > > > > > > > > > > > >> Le 18 sept. 2018 ? 23:06, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at > att.net> > a > > ?crit : > > >> > > >> I received my Super-Varioi-Elmar-SL 16-35 lens yesterday. > > >> > > >> I christened it on an outing to Stone Mountain where I walked the > > entire Cherokee Trail. Here are four shots.. > > >> > > >> > > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/jhandsfield_att_net/Cherokee+Trail/ < > > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/jhandsfield_att_net/Cherokee+Trail/> > > >> > > >> > > >> Jim Handsfield > > >> jhandsfield at att.net > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information