You Puritan, you! I've been really enjoying using the M this week, and I'll try and post some more snaps this weekend. It's an entirely different, and much better, experience than using the M8.
I've mainly been using an incident meter rather than the camera's meter, and chimping the first shot at a given reading just to check. I really like this camera. B > On 16 Jul 2016, at 13:24, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think maybe once, the first time I used the M-D. > > I've always turned auto-review off and have not built up a reflex of chimping > with my digital cameras; I've also been switching back and forth between > digital and film cameras quite a bit the past couple of years, so it's not > been something I'm prone to doing out of habit. > > With the M-P, I'm often looking at the LCD though to see what ISO and EC > setting is current on the camera. I find with the M-D, I look at the ISO dial > now and then and have used the EC setting a bit less—I use the meter, hold > shutter release, frame, and release shutter technique more of the time. > That's how I used to shoot with the Nikon F3 and FE2, because the EC setting > was clumsy to work. > > G > >> On Jul 15, 2016, at 11:42 PM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> How many times have you tried chimping and gone "D'oh!" when you see only >> the ISO dial? >> >> B >> >>> On 16 Jul 2016, at 00:47, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Thank you both! >>> >>> I'm amazed at the quality I see from this lens. It's a Leica Hektor 135mm >>> f/4.5 from about 1959-1960, bought for me as a gift about four years ago >>> for $185. A very very old optical design … once upon a time I had one of >>> these from my father, an uncoated, late 1940s example with Leica threaded >>> mount. >>> >>> This one is an M-bayonet, coated model in amazing shape, just needs a CLA >>> to clean and lubricate the focusing mount as it is a bit gratchy. It is a >>> beautiful thing … a bit long for an M lens, light weight and with its own >>> tripod mount, in silver and black with a leather covering. It's not a >>> telephoto: it's a symmetrical design, long-focus lens. The iris mechanism >>> is either nine or eleven bladed so the opening is always nearly perfectly >>> circular, one reason for its lovely bokeh. >>> >>> I think it's worth the money to have it cleaned, eh? :-) >>> >>> G >>> >>>> On Jul 15, 2016, at 9:19 AM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Stunning detail and textures, Godfrey! >>>> You justify the quality of your equipment. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Christine Aguila" <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> Wonderfully, still and soulful, Godfrey! Cheers, Christine >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Jul 15, 2016, at 9:57 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> It was a tough week. Needed a walk and diversion. Grabbed a camera and >>>>> went out the door... >>>>> >>>>> https://flic.kr/p/JZMSfJ >>>>> https://flic.kr/p/JZMS2C >>>>> https://flic.kr/p/K323ht >>>>> https://flic.kr/p/K3239c >>>>> https://flic.kr/p/JZMRj5 >>>>> https://flic.kr/p/JZMR9q >>>>> https://flic.kr/p/K3227T >>>>> https://flic.kr/p/K321Ek > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
