stealthman_1 Posted June 30, 2010 Share #21 Posted June 30, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) In my head my Blads and 6x9s and LF cameras are for landscapes. I often find myself using the M9 to 'just make sure' I got something. Stuff looks like crap on the LCD, then I down load them when I get home and the M9 shots take my breath away. Island Park Reservoir, Idaho. M9, 21 f1.4 Summilux Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Realphotos Posted June 30, 2010 Share #22 Posted June 30, 2010 For those of you who really want some prints to talk about review Qimage. This software is absolutely excellent. It upsizes or downsizes your photo and deals with the sharpening after the resizing. Its very inexpensive. It only has one drawback it only works on PCs. Its absolutely indispensable if you want extraordinary prints. Its not the most intuitive software, but it takes your print and delivers it to your printer and you will really see the fruits of your Leica Glass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanhulsenbeek Posted June 30, 2010 Share #23 Posted June 30, 2010 ............... I must be missing something here. Well, not in your pictures:). Your M9/Nocti's are stunning:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm23221 Posted June 30, 2010 Share #24 Posted June 30, 2010 Thank you Sander, I appreciate the comment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted June 30, 2010 Share #25 Posted June 30, 2010 In my head my Blads and 6x9s and LF cameras are for landscapes. I often find myself using the M9 to 'just make sure' I got something. Stuff looks like crap on the LCD, then I down load them when I get home and the M9 shots take my breath away. LOVELY shot. If you can do the work, the M9 can do the job. It's going to be fascinating to see what Leica come up with next in terms of Digital RF. I know that things will keep on getting better / smarter etc, but I'm finding it hard to imagine how I can improve on the camera I'm now using ... With the Leica glass I've got I could be kept busy for the rest of my life! OK - maybe they'll make an EVIL option on a new camera so you can put long glass on an M format body... that could be fun - RF up to 90 and EVIL for longer... but for long treks / urban work / reportage I'd still be there with an M9 + a choice from Zeiss 18 + Leica 21/28/35/50/90/135. OK some of the lenses are older models, but my word they do do pretty well for old-timers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfink Posted June 30, 2010 Share #26 Posted June 30, 2010 I think the M9 is a fine landscape camera, it won't replace my LF or MF gear but in a pinch I think it does its Leica Magic. You can find more photos at my blog: HK Camera Life Date: 1/11/2009 11:28 Camera: Leica M9 + Zeiss ZM 18/4 Exposure: 1/180sec at f/4.0 on a tripod Focal length: 18mm In the background the snow capped mountain is Mount Shishma Pangma (also referred to as Mt Xixabangma), with an altitude of 26,286ft. it is the highest mountain solely in Tibet, China. There are 7 other mountains that share boarder between Nepal or Kashmir that are taller. This photo was taken in Autumn where the fir trees and birch trees meet above 3000m, this sub-alpine region is the home of dwarf rhododendrons that are budding in the foreground. The ground has began to warm and the moss ground on rocks is thriving. the clash of colors, the deep blue of the high UV sky and the warm colors of the foliage make for a beautiful display of vibrant colors rarely seen elsewhere in nature apart from coral reefs. Even with the ultra-wide angle lens, I still used hyperfocal distance focusing to ensure sharpness from the foreground all the way to the background. There was a break in the tradition of the rule of thirds here, as I didn’t know what was better, the sky or the ground, both were equally stunning. Before anyone asks, no HDR in this photo but I did use that rangefinder lee filter set with a ND grad. The extremely clear air up there makes the colors vibrant and a little surreal. Just love that M9 sensor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraz Posted June 30, 2010 Share #27 Posted June 30, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Wow!! This is amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted June 30, 2010 Share #28 Posted June 30, 2010 Beautiful - and so nice to see the Zeiss lens in this kind of application - the very reason why I got one (though I think I might have wanted a bit less foreground - but hey - these are decisions!). THanks for sharing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfink Posted June 30, 2010 Share #29 Posted June 30, 2010 Ha! Here is one with no foreground at all! taken with the 90/4 Macro Elmar: Here is LINK the for more detail with commentary in my blog. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted June 30, 2010 Share #30 Posted June 30, 2010 I'm not sure why everyone is so surprised the M9 is a "great landscape camera". Why would it not be? The whole question seems silly to me. I must be missing something here. They are all too busy trying to achieve "the Leica look" by copying Cartier-Bresson and Doisneau. Of course the M9 is a good landscape camera! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm23221 Posted July 1, 2010 Share #31 Posted July 1, 2010 They are all too busy trying to achieve "the Leica look" by copying Cartier-Bresson and Doisneau. Of course the M9 is a good landscape camera! Excellent point!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfink Posted July 2, 2010 Share #32 Posted July 2, 2010 Date: 26/10/2009 17:28 Camera: Leica M9 + Leica Summicron 35/2 (ver.4) Exposure: 1/250sec at f/11 Focal Length: 35mm Tibet is full of surprises and apart from coastlines, there isn’t a geoscape that its missing, from the rain forests in the far east to the sub-alpine and alpine areas to eternal glacial ice and to this a desert landscape. The Tibetan plateau is a place of wonder. During my travels in Tibet, there were long periods where I was stuck in the 4WD looking out the window. I remember when I was young in Australia and my parents and I would go on long drives in the country side, I can still feel the acute monotony of the out the car window landscape, miles and miles of flat farm land with intermittent small clumps of Eucalyptus trees. Not so in Tibet, the vista outside the car window was beautiful and different around every corner and in every valley. The journey to our destination was as much the destination as the destination, sort of like life really. If I stopped the 4WD every time I saw something photo worthy out the window, we wouldn’t get very far, very fast. I had to stop the 4WD when I saw this scene though. It was a study in tones, the subtle tonal changes in the sand, with stark harsh shadows in the foreground and the surreal aerial perspective in the distance were just too good to miss. It also gave the driver and guide a few minutes for a smoke and a piss. There are huge rolling dunes on the Tibetan Plateau and the government is planting trees to stop its spread. It is remarkable how well the M9 sensor performed. HK Camera Life Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfink Posted July 2, 2010 Share #33 Posted July 2, 2010 I just added another article:Film formats, my take! Enjoy everyone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest trond Posted September 16, 2010 Share #34 Posted September 16, 2010 Two weeks ago I took my M9 to the most spectacular mountain trip of my life. Together with a friend we went to this place: Slogen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Claimed to have one of the most beautiful views of any mountain in Europe! I brought my M9 with av couple of lenses for the trip. I used the M9 with WATE at 21mm to generate the panorama below. The panorama consist of 36 images taken with a spacing of 30 degrees both horizontally and vertically. The image is stitched in PTGui Pro and formated as an interactive quicktime movie. Click and drag in the image to navigate, left, right , up and down. I used a Gitzo 1541T carbon fiber tripod, with the ReallyRightStuff Omni Pro pano package. The stitching is far from perfect due tor rapidly changing sun/cloud pasterns. However, the view is spectacular. The peak is only the by then meters, with room for only four-five people, with barely room to move around the Gitzo. There is a vertical fall of 1000 meters on three sides of the peak, only your "back" is clear for the escape. The M9 performed flawlessly in the sub freezing conditions on the 10 hour 22 kilometer long hike with 1500 meter climb. Enjoy! http://www.saether-online.com/Panoramas/Slogen_360_panorama.mov Best regards Trond Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanhulsenbeek Posted September 17, 2010 Share #35 Posted September 17, 2010 That is indeed very impressive: congratulations and thanks! The WATE is a super pano lens. See some new on Zenfolio | Sander van Hulsenbeek Photography | Fernando de Noronha On the third pano you will see that I had similar problems: streaks in the sky. My opinion: don't bother. Few people will notice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest trond Posted September 19, 2010 Share #36 Posted September 19, 2010 Dear Sander! Very nice images! Are these taken with the WATE? How many images are stitched? Which software for stitching? Best regards Trond Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanhulsenbeek Posted September 19, 2010 Share #37 Posted September 19, 2010 Hi Trond: Yes, all pano's are done with the WATE, and all stitched with PtGui. With seascapes and beach scenes that is easier said than done. Waves roll on and create problems. Either you wait for the next wave in the same position or you prepare yourself for extensive copy-and-paste work on the different layers that you can save in PtGui. Of course even thereafter there is always some post to be done, in LR for me now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest trond Posted September 20, 2010 Share #38 Posted September 20, 2010 Dear Sander, I also moved to PTGui after seeing some images, I think it was Bo, on the forum. PTGui does the job so much better that "merge to panorama" in PhotoShop. I have found waves to be quite forgiving in panoramas, at least if they are small. The irregular patterns make it difficult to spot stitching on a print. Regarding the WATE, have you been able to figure out a good setting for the optical center of the three different focal lengths? Leica states no info in the WATE leaflet, and for other lenses they say "relative to the first lens apex in the direction of light". Which is not very useful, as the lens flange is the only easily accessible reference. Best regards Trond Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanhulsenbeek Posted September 20, 2010 Share #39 Posted September 20, 2010 Hi Trond! Do not worry too much: PTGui is very forgiving. I just guesstimate the nodal point of the WATE to be somewhere in the middle of the lens. The closest range of the WATE is somewhere at 30-40 cm anyway, and both following pano's were taken at that distance: NZ: Milford Track: Zenfolio | Sander van Hulsenbeek Photography | South Island SA: Goegap NP: South Africa and Namibia Panorama's In other words: enjoy and do not measure to much. Let your dear lens do the job! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest trond Posted September 20, 2010 Share #40 Posted September 20, 2010 Thanks Sander! Those are great shots! Best regards Trond Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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