Here are some more shots trying out different types of subject, taken today, getting used to the camera. It's much more enjoyable to use than the M8.
http://www.web-options.com/T262b/ B > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob W-PDML [mailto:p...@web-options.com] > Sent: Monday, 11 July, 2016 3:48 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: First 24x36 digital > > Thanks. Glad to hear you bought the MD, and looking forward to seeing what > you do with it. > > I'm mooching around central London today, taking snaps in more traditional > London light, more accurately rain at the time of writing. I thought about the > MD while chimping, and decided that it would be nice not to have the > temptation there. > > I popped into the Leica pushers earlier to see if I could get a decent > replacement for the 35/1.4 hood. It turns out that even in battered condition > like mine they are very sought after, so I guess I'll get my blacksmith to > beat it > back into shape. Typical Leica. > > B > > > On 11 Jul 2016, at 14:31, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi Bob, > > > > Good stuff! I'm glad you're enjoying the M262. > > > > I am similarly delighted with the M-D262 … There's something utterly > liberating about going out with a camera for which there are no settings > other than the traditional settings of focus and exposure (ISO, aperture, > time). It works just the way my head wants a camera to work so much of the > time. > > > > I look forward to seeing more. :-) > > > > G > > > >> On Jul 10, 2016, at 1:38 PM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > >> > >> A few weeks ago I bought a used Leica M typ-262, which is my first > >> 24x36mm digital camera. I haven't had chance to use it until earlier > >> this evening, when I took it for an hour's walk along the river in the late > evening light. > >> The aim was to get colour and light, and see how I liked using it (a lot!). > >> > >> Apart from the first, and the 'Discover Greenwich' one where I > >> slightly adjusted the verticals, these are uncropped. Processed in > >> Lightroom: Medium contrast curve preset; Punch preset; Sharpen preset. > >> > >> On one or two of them you can see some vignetting. This is because > >> they were shot on my 35/1.4 lens, whose hood is so battered it > >> intrudes. I need to buy a new one. Other lenses: 50/2; 90/2.8. > >> > >> It's very nice to be shooting 24x36 again, and it is really a lovely > >> camera to use. Very happy with the results. > >> > >> http://www.web-options.com/T262/ > >> > >> B > >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
