In the Fog

[Duane Pandorf]

Mine my not be that expensive "White" one highlighted in the previous link on this thread but it probably has the same sensor that this was taken with. :lol:

http://blog.duanepandorf.com/2013/01/29/in-the-fog/

 

[AlbertTRAL]

Simply S-PEC-TA-CU-LAR, Duane... :shock:

 

[Duane Pandorf]

Thanks Albert, I love this camera. The more I use it the more I'm in full manual mode.

 

[5four]

what can i say... , amazing photo!

want to see more of this sensor :lol: more... more...

 

[Wiener]

Very nice picture Duane.
This must be the type of view where the full-frame really works most easily? Just focus close to infinity at f5.6 or whatever and let the lens do what it was designed to do...
Would love to try your Leica out for 6 months...just to see I I would develop the 'bug' as well!
Andy

 

[Duane Pandorf]

Very nice picture Duane.
This must be the type of view where the full-frame really works most easily? Just focus close to infinity at f5.6 or whatever and let the lens do what it was designed to do...
Would love to try your Leica out for 6 months...just to see I I would develop the 'bug' as well!
Andy

I don't think it would take you 6 months to catch the bug. If not in a couple days then you won't catch the "bug"!

Have you ever handled a Digital M body? It is heavy compared to any of the mirrorless cameras. Like a German Tank! However, from there it is just plain stupid simple. I like shooting wide open most of the time so I just have to remember to check my aperture is set to f/1.4. Normally I shoot with the shutter set to "A" for Aperture Priority. I have the file capture setup as DNG+JPG Fine with the JPG set at standard B&W and DNG Uncompressed. (The DNG uncompressed files are 36mb, uncompressed are 18mb). ISO can be quickly changed from one of the buttons along the left side of the LCD. From the SET button on the left side of the LCD you can quickly change WB, Compression, Resolution, Exp Comp, Exp Bract, and Set user profile (have up to 4 profiles saved.)

Stupid simple. I find myself shooting a lot in full manual. In A mode looking through the viewfinder all you will see is the Shutter Speed with a small red dot to the lower left of the speed. When the shutter is pressed half way down (Shutter set to "Standard", (you have 4 different shutter release settings)) you get a second small red dot above the first one telling you you've locked the shutter speed.

When shooting other than A mode all you will see in the viewfinder is a combination of two arrows and a dot. The red dot is in the middle and the left arrow (to left of dot) points right and the right arrow (to right of dot) points left. When the meter says you have all set correctly you will only see the red dot. If an arrow appears (you will only see one or the other) that's the direction to either rotate the shutter dial or aperture ring to correct the exposure. No shutter speed is displayed when the A is not selected.

It is a whole different way to shoot.

BTW, here's a link to a shoot I did this past Monday night at our Boy Scout Troop's Court of Honor. I'm an assistant scout master and both of my sons are scouts. My oldest is now the Senior Patrol Leader and he's in most of these photos handing out awards to the scouts. As you can see, you can get pretty good with manual focus. Most are pretty well focused, a couple are not. Shot full manual and used a WhiBal card to manually set the White Balance and these are straight JPGs.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/troop701/sets/72157632638824746/