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Photo of the Day - December 2023
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Sometime living on the highest floor has some disadvantages
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Good Boy Royce... Keep thinking if these guys were bigger they'd be dangerous.
Hout Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. October, 2019.
@mollyc Enjoy your M3. Once you get they way to hold them they are very nice cameras to use, and a satisfying way of taking photographs. I wish I had purchased a cheap M2 or IIIf when I had the chance years ago
Sol y sombra…
Toledo, Spain
OM-D E-M10 Mark II
Toledo, Spain
OM-D E-M10 Mark II
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detail from the cupboard in yesterdays photo post #131
Saddell House, May 2022
Nikon Z6ii, 24-70f4 Z
Exploring some of the mountain backroads and most of the mountain tops are covered in snow.
iPhone 15 Pro Max
iPhone 15 Pro Max
Most lit up house in the neighborhood.
I haven't really had too much difficulty in holding the camera overall; I have small hands and am used to other small cameras. My big complaint is that the lens that came with it has the focusing ring next to the body, and all my other lenses that I have ever used in the past 15+ years have the aperture ring (if it has one) next to the body and the focusing ring near the end of the lens. I'm not sure if modern M lenses are still set up this way, but it's so backwards to me that I end up changing the aperture when I am trying to focus. Also not super keen on the hard stop of the focusing tab, but I can get used to that. Rangefinder focusing is easier than I anticipated although I certainly have a ways to go to be fast and proficient with it (and I might change my opinions on this once I get my film back if I have a lot of out of focus images). If I stick with it, I'll probably get a newer lens that is more intuitive to me.
.. the walk to Santa setup in the local Mall - photo taken early-morning, roped-gate was down, so I walked in for a closer peak.
@mollyc . I way was taught to hold the camera and focus, is to cradle the camera in the left hand with thumb pointing up, and use the left index finger to focus. That was by my boss at the camera shop* I worked in in the early 80s who was taught at the Leica factory.
I don't think that Leica will change the smaller lenses to have the aperture ring towards the body, so you might be looking at other makes like Voigtlander etc. I'm looking forward to see what you can do with it.
Ken
*GE Williamson at Charing Cross in Glasgow if anyone remembers it.
I don't think that Leica will change the smaller lenses to have the aperture ring towards the body, so you might be looking at other makes like Voigtlander etc. I'm looking forward to see what you can do with it.
Ken
*GE Williamson at Charing Cross in Glasgow if anyone remembers it.
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Yep, that's what I try to do! 🙂
Also, if you tried to post a photo, it didn't come through.
The lenses I have are set so that the focus ring is next to the body and if there's a focusing tab, I feel this is maybe why that's the case. One can perhaps more easily get a feel for where the focus is (distance-wise) without having to move fingers too much. Knowing where the tab is by feel, especially center, close focus and infinity can be a great way to pre-focus (sort of) when you're shooting. Or at least get close to those distances, making the adjustments needed much smaller. I've grown to really love the focus tab and get grumpy when there isn't one, like on a number of the Voigts.
Another one from snowy Vienna, Austria.
Shot with Sony a7 IV and Sony 55 mm f/1.8.
Shot with Sony a7 IV and Sony 55 mm f/1.8.
And I've spent so much time with my Voigtlander lens the past year I just want the M lens to work the same way! 😉