topoxforddoc Posted April 21, 2014 Share #21 Posted April 21, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Adam, Great sports set. Like all good sports photographers, pre-focus, anticipate the action and hey bingo! Love ‘em. Beyonce’s nice too. Best wishes, Charlie Isn’t the 135/4 Tele-Elmar great - it’s almost as good as the 135/3.4 APO. I’m not sure it’s 60 years old though - more like 30. The older 135/4 Elmars are of that vintage though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 Hi topoxforddoc, Take a look here Per Larry's "likalar,", some MM shots of an NBA game w/ an old 135mm (+ bonus). I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
NJH Posted April 21, 2014 Share #22 Posted April 21, 2014 These pictures are terrific. The notion that Leicas can't do sports photography is - by this evidence - nonsense. ... or even faster moving action http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/sports-leisure-time/328250-rnas-yeovilton-air-show-2013-a.html Great sports shots. I actually feel that a good manual camera is a much more successful tool for this type of job than an auto one which can't keep up with the action. The very short shutter lag really helps and for me is the major reason why I managed to get those two red arrows crossing. Chimped the first few attempts on the screen and from that worked out when to trigger the shutter to try and get them crossing, even a slightly longer shutter lag would have resulted in that point being way out of frame and thus almost impossible to judge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share #23 Posted April 23, 2014 Isn’t the 135/4 Tele-Elmar great - it’s almost as good as the 135/3.4 APO. I’m not sure it’s 60 years old though - more like 30. The older 135/4 Elmars are of that vintage though. Many thanks again to all who have taken the time to respond. NJH - thanks for shari your action shot. It is really cool. Charlie - i have traced my tele elmar to one of the first batches from 1965, which makes it nearly 50 years old. So i was indeed of by a decade All the very best, adam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rui Posted April 23, 2014 Share #24 Posted April 23, 2014 I never understood why the 135mm went out of fashion! I always loved it, specially at 5.6 or 8... I am not a great fan of extremely out of focus images. I know some just look great, but very often they are just too soft on my opinion, I like to understand the surroundings of the main action. If I really want out of focus background, I prefer to choose longer lenses. Isn't it amazing how terrific some old Leitz lenses can be? Great Job! Congratulations! Rui Morais de Sousa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidGBK Posted April 24, 2014 Share #25 Posted April 24, 2014 An excellent series - Leica "does" sport. Regards David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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