Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Looks like a nice addition, Nathan. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 2/21/2019 11:40 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > I do not buy much new photo equipment these days?the stuff I have is good > enough. But this week, on the suggestion of Moose on the Oly list, I > picked up a 12-32mm lens for my Panasonic GF1. On an MFT camera this range > is equivalent to 24?64mm, very useful in a tiny package?this may well > replace the Ricoh GRII as my cycling camera (the Ricoh is still the choice > when pocketability and/or high ISO capability are needed). The lens > arrived on Monday, and I have been shooting with it this week to test it > in various circumstances. It has been a busy week at work, so I have not > had much time to go out to photograph, and had to do most of my testing at > the office. > > This was the very first image on Monday: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-CzThMJL/A > Every company I have worked for since 1987, including the office where I > work now, has had a ?clean desk policy?. In every place I have heartily > ignored this policy, and I continue to do so. In my view, cleaning one?s > desk ranks right up there with washing one?s car as a total waste of time. > > I then set out to look for more interesting subjects, so I prowled the > floor looking for victims. Many people were at lunch but our Greek > colleague Eri was at her desk: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-8927XVS/A > > And this one of our cafeteria terrace, actually taken on Wednesday, is a > good test of the distortions of the lens?not too much, albeit this is with > the lens set at 17mm, so not at the extreme wide end: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-t936CK6/A > > Cheers, > Nathan > > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >