arie

sorry but I could not see it on the Leica website.

Good evening,

 

I received a new 35 mm summicron two days ago and I have two

questions:

 

1- Where could I find a table that shows the zone of focus by focus

distance/aperture combination? I have the table for the 50 mm lens.

 

2- Suppose that I focus the lens at 3 meters and aperture = f/16.

The zone of focus showed on the lens is (say) 1.2 meter to infinity.

Does that mean that as long as my subject is at least 1.2 meters

from the camera, it will be focused and not blurred? So I do not

need to focus on the subject that is at 1.2 meter? (If that's the

case this would be very fast focusing technique)

 

Thanks - A.

Thank you all for your answers!

 

I received the lens yesterday and I wanted to offer my first impressions:

 

1- the lens fits very well with the camera - I would say (to me at least) better than my 50 summicron that is a little bit longer.

 

2- I can actually fit the camera/lens in my pocket, which I was not able to do with my other lenses (including a 90 APO summicron). Thas is nice as I am trying to have it with me at all time.

 

3- As you may recall, I have a M6 TTL 0.85 mag. Something very interesting I noted was that I can see the 135 frame lines - which is great because they can ssist me with composing the shots (in fact I beleive that they are very near the gold number).

 

So next thing to do is to use it!

 

Thanks again and I would appreciate your comments on my first impressions.

 

A.

Good morning to all,

 

Yesterday, my wife ordered a lens summicron M 35 mm as a gift. I

was very happy (of course!). I am currently using a summicron 50 mm

and 90 mm, with a M6 TTL 0.85 mag.

 

I wear glasses, and I am worried that I will not be able to use this

lens on my 0.85 camera. Are there people in this forum who use them

together and could you let me know your experience.

 

Thanks - A.

Today, I am able to report on a personal comparison between Digital and my leica m6 pothography. Yesterday, I borrowed my youger brother' digital camera (a canon-4 mp) and played with it in St Goerge (Bermuda). I also took my M6 TTL loaded with film. I have to admit that I had a lot of fun using the digital camera: take the picture,see the picture,retake the picture if needed...

I realized, after 4 yrs of using my Leica that I do not know how to use it to its full potential: I am very slow with it, I just have one focale (50 mm) so that I need to move closer or further from the subjet, for some reasons I am not at ease with plan focussing...Yesterday evening I saw the digital pictures on the computer and I have to admit that for the first time I thought about my Leica photography in a negative way. For sure it isn't the camera fault. Serious questioning for me.

Thomas: you wrote that he put himself in teh right place at the right time. I do not agree with that. He was simply leaving, he never intended to be at a specific place to take a specific picture.

He said ounce: "je n'ai pas l'obsession de la photo. Je suis obsede par ce que je vois, par la vie, par la realite." (I am not obsessed by photography. I am obsessed by what I see, by life and by reality)

 

Something fascinating about his craft is that his geometry was not a construction of the picture (what you would call composition). It was rather a geometry that was "given", or recognized if you prefer by him. This is very difficult to achieve. Many people try to compose their pictures. He said: you must not want to achieve teh picture, you must be there and observe, the picyure will come to you.

 

Lens sharpness is irrelevant in this case. He would certainly use hyperfocale distance very often. An interesting point to note also is that many people agree that his best pictures are from the early 1930's (he was therefore not using very sharp lenses).

I had the same problem last year. It lasted for manay months before I decided to send it to Leica NJ (they fixed the problem). It can be very frustrating as you have the impression that you miss the shot all the time. It occurred on my m6 ttl also.

 

Thanks

I am impressed by your wife's talent!

 

Actually the picture I prefer the most was taken by my wife, with a point and shoot camera, of me facing the ocean in Bermuda. I will try to scan it and put it here.

 

Thanks

Hi,

 

I would appreciate if you could tell me about the diferences between

those two films (grain, look,...).

 

Thanks

Good morning,

 

I tried to place an order this morning at B&H, but they are out of

stock (Same thing for Microphen). Is this film still available?

 

Thanks

Good afternoon,

 

I did an experience last weekend and I am not sure that I understand

the results:

 

I placed an object in front of a very dark wall (almost balck). I

used incident metering and set my camera accordingly. I used a slide

film. When I got the slides back, the wall was not as dark on the

slide as it is in reality.

 

So my question: did I need to alter teh ouptut from mu incident

meter? I thought that the idea of using an incident meter and slide

film was exacltly not to have to deal with manual adjustments. Am I

wrong?

 

Thanks for your help.

Thanks for the answer, but I am looking more at qualitative diferences. Hopefully users of these two films will be able to help.

 

Thanks

Good afternoon,

 

I would like to know the diference between Ilford Delta 400

Professional and Ilford HP5 Plus.

 

Thanks

Good afternoon,

 

Is it true that when I mix the paper developer with the stop bath and

the mixer (after a session), it is safe for the environment?

 

Thanks

Hi Eliot,

 

I am curious about something. How was he using f/8 in sunny weather and Trix X 400 (I mean that the speed needed would be higher than 1/1000 and he was not (?) using filters?

 

Thanks

By the way, I owned an M6 since November 2001, and it is only now that I start to understand...

When I look at HCB work, it would be reasonable to assume that he used the hyperfocale distance or at least zone focusing to take his pictures so quickly and move on. Am I right to assume that? So he didn't have to loose time on focusing. Same thing on the metering (manual metering and keep it constant until light changes). I can see now that the way he photographed was very efficient, the camera is "ready to use", just put it to your eyes level and press teh shutter release button. This is amazing!

Good morning,

 

I looked at several tables to get the hyperfocal distance (hd) for my

50 mm lens, but it appears that the figures are different from one

table to the next.

 

Here is what I could gather: f/11, hd = 25 feet; f/16, hd = 17 feet;

Could you please confirm these values? I am also looking for the f/8

hd.

 

Also just to make sure that I understand it properly: say that I want

to use the hd at f/16. Anything 8.5 feet away from the camera will

be in focus, right?

 

Thanks

Willi Ronis/Joseph Koudelka

Hi Vlad,

 

Your analysis of HCB picture is very interesting. There is indeed a lot of movement created by the various forms (including the road itself).

 

It woudl be interesting to gather similar comments on other HCB pictures.

 

Thanks

I want to add that three years ago, I visited him in Paris. I was with my wife. We arrived in front of his door, and I didn't like the idea of just showing up, so we left quietly. I talked to one of his neihgboords and he enjoyed very much this man.

 

Arie

This is a sad day indeed. I received a congratulation card from HCB (a note on the back of one of his pictures) for my weidding day (which was(!) August 4, 2002). He was invited to my weidding but declined the invitation as they were out of Paris in August. I learned a lot from looking at his pictures. I visited his foundation in Paris, nice space. A show of him and Giacometti will occur in 2005 I beleive, and it is going to be very special I beleive.

 

Thanks

 

Arie

So...I am still not clear!

 

Do I need to decrase the time with Microphen?

 

Thanks

Hi

 

I was processing the "old" tri X 400 with Microphen for 7 minutes. I have heard that the new formula uses a reduced time, so I am surprised to see from the cited table a time of 7.5 minutes for the new formula.

 

Thanks