edlaurpic Posted February 25, 2007 Share #1 Â Posted February 25, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks to Adan on this forum, it looks like I might have learned how to prep some shots for uploading to this site. I added some more 135/3.4 shots that demonstrate that there is so little shutter vibration in the M8 that shots at 1/30 with a long lens are definitely possible. Again, the Rembrandt lighting effect was achieved by using AE while setting Exp Comp at - 2 2/3, and the selective focusing and shallow depth of field of the 135mm are again apparent and very useful. Except for the group shot, which was at ISO 640 with the 50/1.4 ASPH at f/1.4 and 1/30, all of the other shots were at ISO 1250 with the 135/3.4 wide open and with shutter at 1/30. It's interesting that by using a slow shutter speed you can achieve motion blur, as with Michael's bow and hands on two of the shots, but also be fast enough to do all of this hand-held. There is no need for an external viewfinder as the focus patch moves to compensate for parallax and is more than sufficient for framing (why Leica doesn't code this lens at least to include exif data in the camera is a mystery, at least to me). Both lenses were 6bit coded, lens detection was on, UVIR cut filters were affixed. The shots were taken on 2/14/07 at Bake's Place at Providence Point, Issaquah, Washington and Pearl Django had Michael Gray on violin (who gives Grapelli a run for his money), Neil Andersson and Greg Ruby, playing gypsy jazz guitars in the tradition of Django Rhinehart, and Rick Lepannen holding forth on double bass. - Amazing band. Amazing 135mm lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 Hi edlaurpic, Take a look here New 135/3.4 Jazz shots in low light low shutter speed. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Jager Posted February 25, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted February 25, 2007 Very nice images, Ed! I like these B&W samples even better than the color ones in your original post. Â I'd say that 135 is a keeper! Â Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted February 25, 2007 Share #3 Â Posted February 25, 2007 This is just going to cost me money, I see the writing on the wall Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted February 25, 2007 Share #4 Â Posted February 25, 2007 Praeterea censeo Carthaginem esse delendam -- I repeat that Leica should bring out a goggles version of the 135/3.4 in order to help framing. While we wait, we can use the 135 mm Elmarit -- heavy but so good (I'm speaking of the second version of course) that the difference between it and the 135/3.4 may be moot as long as we are shooting handheld. Â The old man from the Age of the 135 mm Lens Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted February 25, 2007 Share #5 Â Posted February 25, 2007 Been thinking about the 135mm lately , I had the googles one and it was just a little to big to bring to venues and the other issue is i need the speed on this for podium work . I know the 135 3.4 is awesome wide open ( just look above) but a little slow. Not sure how good the 135mm 2.8 is wide open compared to this ones of Ed's. i think the 135 3.4 maybe the best chose wide open and of course it is the more expensive and hard to find version too. Just my luck . Any thoughts on this would be helpful. I can deal without framelines and i use the 1.25 mag any way Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grober Posted February 25, 2007 Share #6 Â Posted February 25, 2007 Ed, Â Outstanding work! Thanks for posting. Â (Makes me regret selling my beautiful f4.0 Tele-Elmar.) Â -g Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodyspedden Posted February 27, 2007 Share #7  Posted February 27, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) HeyGuys  I can tell you this. These marvelous jazz club photos bring such a visceral response from me due to my love of the subject and the memories of all the great b+W's of the 1950's which so captured the mood of the times. I just visited Bill Clinton's library in Little Rock and frankly the most memorable thing I saw was his collection of Jazz rendtioners. That doesn't mean I am poo poohing his other stuff.......far from it, I love the man. It is just that these photos have so much meaning to me and so few people have had the opportunity to do the same kind of work with modern players.  There is no camera system like the M to do this work. I love it, love it and plan to do much of this work myself in the near future. It will be interesting to see what lenses are ultimately used for this type of imaging. Somehow I doubt it will be the super sharp asph's now the rage.  Anyway, great stuff guys. Thanks for reminding me of the power of dimly lighted, jazz clubs of the 50's and 60's   A blessing to all  Woody Spedden Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhusick Posted February 27, 2007 Share #8 Â Posted February 27, 2007 All we're missing now is the ethereal smoke, which is illegal in Washington state and most other US states. I guess we'll have to add it in Photoshop. Â Great work, Ed. -Brad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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