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<p>haven't logged onto this site for ages. i proposed the pic of the week thread idea a while back ( http://www.photo.net/leica-rangefinders-forum/009334 ) and really happy to see it's still going on! hope i can get back into it! <br>

cheers!</p>

 

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<p>kick ass shot ian!</p>

<p>in the past i recall reading countless posts about how a full frame leica m rangefinder would be technically impossible. (due to such things as lens/film plane distance, and difraction? and other tech terms i didn't fully grasp but read with some interest) so...what 'impossibles' were overcome to make a full frame leica rangefinder a possibility?</p>

<p>tempermental in extreme climates, and long reboot time. also the latitude couls use improving as well as the post work flow (from what i'm told by editor friends)</p>

<p>angel, how did you get the 'HD' to work with youtoob? i didn't see any check boxes for that?<br>

also, are people using vimeo now because they offer higher uploads or better compression? or just more professional look/interface to the site?<br>

mercedes, i was shooting with manual focus. lens was 50mm 1.8 - was going for more focus 'buzzes' to use for some jump cuts, but i got a bit lazy in editing :( the red one is a pretty decent camera - still some bugs to be worked out though...</p>

<p>a couple of my friends have the 5d2 and have posted some small, personal clips online - i'm always curious to see what people are doing with this camera in the amateur video world. the compression artifacts of youtoob are not pretty...at least with mine (anyone find an acceptable formula?)<br>

here's some clips from the other night with the built in camera sound. let's see yours!<br>

 

<p>20 more gb of memory and 2 more bodies seems extreme...you are 'starting out' after all. <br>

my vote for 'extras' in order:<br>

-wide angle lens<br>

-back up body<br>

-more memory<br>

sell the sigma 105 if you NEED the cash to get that wide angle.</p>

<p>YES to manual focus, especialy when wide open and close</p>

<p>i think you need to understand depth of field a little more. i'm assuming your kit lens is a 3.5-4.5 (ish?)<br>

even on a full frame camera where the 50mm is a true 50mm, the depth of field at 1.8 when shooting at close distances is very minimal. with your crop camera, this lens is more like an 80/85mm lens...and at close distances, and 1.8 the dof will be razor thin.</p>

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<p>"To increase the DOF, of course you need to stop the lens down 5.6 or even smaller, and compensate with a higher ISO." - Charles Eagan<br>

while this statement is not false, you do not need to stop down to 5.6 to 'increase the DOF'. stoping down even half to one stop may suffice for the shot you want to take. sometimes you may have no choice but to shoot wide open to get a useable shutter speed/iso combination to capture the shot. if you have full control of the situation, then shoot with the fstop/shutter speed you need to get the shot you want. if that means 2.8/30th sec to stop motion blur and get both eyes in focus, then so be it.<br>

happy shooting :)</p>

<p>no stupid questions alex. do you have any understanding of depth of field and its relationship to subject to focal plane distance? learn how far away you need to be at 1.4 to get both eyes in focus (if that's what you want). at certain distances, and 1.4, we have only mm's of acceptable focus. can be tricky, but when you get it, i think you'll be happy.<br>

here's an example of a street shot taken with a 50mm at 1.8 (if i recall correctly). i wish i had nailed the focus on the man's right eye, but the nose and a bit of the left is acceptable, so i'm happy with the image. just don't sweat it and keep shooting</p><div></div>

<p>tri-x</p><div></div>

<p>christopher...if we weren't talking 5d would it not be a good price?<br>

yes i'm shooting with a 5d2. apart from some corner softness, anything else to keep one away from a mk1 version?<br>

any comparison shots online?</p>

<p>after googling and reading, i'm curious to see some comparison shots between the two lenses? from what i've read the mk2 is slightly sharper at the edges. i'm not a meticulous landscape shooter, so it wouldn't bother me too much if the only significant difference was a bit of corner softness.<br>

is $1100 cdn ($908 usd) a fair price to pay for a mk1?</p>

<p>fast primes, no flash.</p>

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<p>some of you may find this interesting...</p>

<p>http://www.magazine13.com/arts/old-new-york-in-black-and-white.html</p>

<p>fun little story/picture :)</p>

<p>http://www.thehotjoints.com/2009/03/16/picture-putin-pretending-to-be-tourist-during-reagans-1988-visit-to-moscow/</p>

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<p>an often discussed topic as to how best go about shooting on the streets without being noticed. i think this website offers some excellent solutions for those of us that like to shoot in public without attention</p>

<p>http://www.crookedbrains.net/2008/04/how-to-be-invisible-on-streets.html</p>

<p>i guess my tongue in cheek tone did not come through in my post...<br>

i think they're funny...best 'DM' photography?..nah ;)</p>

<p>http://jet-point.com/2009/02/24/birds-stealing-ice-cream/</p>