On 11 Jul 2016, at 21:03, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > > > Bob W 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!). > > Ah, the "less is more" Leica. >> >> 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/ > > Very nice work.
Thanks. > Some of the shadows are deep enough to pretty much lose detail on my display. > One of the joys of the 24x36 sensor is the latitude of adjustment available > to you. It would be interesting to compare sensor performance, workflow, and > ISO invariance between the Leica and the K-1. > > I can certainly see the advantage of the stripped down system and simpler > menus. I can also see advantage of one of the menu items being the option of > enabling all of the other menu items that have been stripped out. Of course, > they implemented this feature with the VISA protocol. All you need to do is > spend another $5,000 and you can have a stripped down menu as well as a full > featured menu. Godfrey's MD is even more stripped down than mine - it doesn't have a screen, therefore no menus at all, just iso, shutter speed, shutter release, aperture and focus. Lovely. 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.
