-- Joe Buechler (jbuechler@toad.net), June 17, 2000
15mm Heliar gallerygreenspun.com : LUSENET : Leica Photography : One Thread |
This is for sharing images made with the Voigtlander 15mm f4,5 Heliar.
-- Joe Buechler (jbuechler@toad.net), June 17, 2000
-- Jeff Spirer (jeff@spirer.com), June 18, 2000.
Monster hand photo
-- Tom Bryant (tbryant@wizard.net), June 19, 2000.
On the "monster hand" picture, while the near / far distortion is apparent, check out the house in the background. All of the lines seem pretty straight. I've used some mid-level 28mm lenses in the distant past that couldn't have pulled that off.
-- Al Smith (smith58@msn.com), June 19, 2000.
Crypts, Washington National Cathedral
-- Joe Buechler (jbuechler@toad.net), June 20, 2000.
I wonder if someone here could provide info on how to post photos. Obviously there's a trick to doing it correctly, one that even the same person couldn't repeat the second time :-) I searched around the site and gave up finding the answer, so I guess I have to ask. . .
-- Michael Darnton (mdarnton@hotmail.com), June 22, 2000.
Michael, use View -> Source and check the source code posted by Joe or me. Then copy it with your photo into the Answer box.
-- Jeff Spirer (jeff@spirer.com), June 22, 2000.
Sorry, I forgot to mention that the photo must be accessible on the web. I don't think there's any way to upload a photo to this forum.
-- Jeff Spirer (jeff@spirer.com), June 22, 2000.
Michael, Jeff is correct, you have to publish your photo somewhere else on the web first, than copy-and-paste the html from a WORKING :) post, edited with the URL address of your published photo.There's lots of places to publish photos on the web for free. Try Geocities or Photo.Net. Most ISP's provide free web publishing space on their server as part of your Internet package.
As for my last two posts - how embarrassing! I first pasted the text into a "Test" Lusenet forum, and it worked perfectly! I don't know what went wrong. Maybe there's an open tag in a previous message, but I couldn't spot it. I emailed Tony to please delete those two messages, 'cause it sure looks ugly...
Not to worry; all fixed now. Thanks for posting your image! - Tony
-- Joe Buechler (jbuechler@toad.net), June 22, 2000.
Thanks, Joe. I haven't received the email yet because I'm out of town at the moment and not receiving mail at my current location (my parent's place in Fairbanks). I'll be home tomorrow to check it.I wish it were easier for folks to post photos. It's a bit cumbersome no matter what tricks and shortcuts one learns. Jeff and Joe are certainly correct... you have to have your image published some place already. In other words, you have to be able to type in is address and filename into the "Go to" or "Address" field at the top of your browser. Once on the net, it is "relatively" simple to post the image on a greenspun.com forum such as this one. The way you do it is with a bit of html.
The simplist way is with the img tag, but I would do what Jeff mentioned and just "View->Source" of a post that contains an image and just copy that. Once copied, change the address and filename to reflect your target image. I like to center my image posts with the center tag. Hope all that helps. It would sure be nice if it were easier, I know. Let me know if you have difficulties or further questions.
-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@mail.com), June 23, 2000.
Surfing around and came across a comparison with numerous photos of the heliar and the hologen. A 500 dollar lens vs a 2000 dollar plus one. The tests are informal and utilize both color and black and white. You can check it out at: http://www.mcnab.org/~ramarren/photostuff/holhel/holhelcomp.htm
-- Al Smith (smith58@msn.com), June 28, 2000.
> http://www.mcnab.org/~ramarren/photostuff/holhel/ holhelcomp.htm
Well, that's just weird. I don't know who has the domain <mcnab.org> but they're aliasing <bayarea.net> with their domain name. This website is mine, the welcome page is at <http://www.bayarea.net/~ramarren/>.
<http://www.mcnab.org/> returns me to the BayArea.net home page.
I've sent a note to BayArea.net about this.I've been using the Heliar for nearly a year now and I love it, it's a great lens. I like it much more than the Zeiss Hologon I had before. The Hologon is techniclaly better corrected and with its graduated ND filter returns a more accurate negative, but that makes it an f/16 lens which is a pain to work with. The extremely short lens mount makes it very hard to take pictures with and not get your fingers in the image. The Heliar is much friendlier, faster, and just a lot of fun to work with.
Here are some links to images I've made with the Heliar that I enjoy (the first is a larger version of the image I've attached here):
Tree at Point Lobos, CA
Fisherman at the Wharf
At Morro BayIt really is a fun lens to work with and very sharp. I am going to do a lot more with it on this summer's trip to the Isle of Man.
