Thanatos

Thanks for telling me the options and I prefer to train my hands to coordinate better to use them. I had handgrips and etc before but did not like the feel.

On the other hand, the new SL2 Multifunctional Handgrip looks interesting especially when it is paired with the tine 28 Summaron. :-)






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Chi,

Interesting!

Do you think he is lonely or alone? There are lots of cases people prefer to be alone and not lonely.

However, we all know that at different ages people feel lonely whether it is from inside or external factors.

Statistic has shown that during extreme cold winters in Europe, a lot of writers, composers, painters and alike were most creative and productive. So isolation kept their brains focused and imagination could run wild for them.

Most artists or scientists are different species of creature. They are just not "normal people". They cannot understand how normal people do things and frustrated which lead to isolation.

Loneliness can also apply to those who are not artists. I have seen many socially and worse online how some interact and behave with such symptoms. With some individuals turning the internet to be his courtyard of cyber bullying. This again opens up another can or worms, the Dialectic Thinking or the lack of! I have been reading this topic lately and found this to be intrinsically relevant to our interactions with others.

This is a quote I find very true

“Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?”
― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

JC,

With your recommendation I went the web page of Yuzo Fujii Photography.

He shouldn't be lonely but was asking people to chat with him. I left a message and he replied with this emoj.

Are artists always feeling lonely?







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JC,

With the Noct 75 on M10-P, you definitely need an M10 handgrip and +/-a thumb rest (but with a thumb rest you can't use an EVF). These will make life MUCH easier.

There is a catch. With the handgrip installed, the height of the camera will be increased by nearly 1cm!!! @#$&*^$3.14159*&%^!!!!! (vulgarities automatically censored) Your original accessories may not fit.

It is time to pair the M75 Noct with the M10P, somehow the ergonomic seems less comfy, I guess the weight and balance need a bit of getting used to.



Time to shoot and shot!

M10P + M75 Noctilux





SL2 + 16-35 Super Vario



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Haha Chi, pushing the boundary can be an art and you are good at it. I have noticed you are doing more videos which require different tools and skills. As for me I find doing video too demanding time wise. With my daily routine, just can't add more to it. As you know my SL2 has an excellent video function which I took a video of my boys fooling around in the pool, the details and colour are outstanding, plus the IBIS stabilisation feature helps to keep the flow smooth as cream.

BTW, not sure if it is my old MacBook or it is the recordings, audio part seems to sound overloaded. Your stacked AR are rare and highly regarded in the 70-80s. I believe it was AR's flagship. Being a poor student I could only afford the AR16, after working for 10 weeks during summer holiday, 12 hours shift, 5 weeks days and 5 weeks nights, making 800 pounds.

AR16 and Marantz 1030 in my messy room ;-)



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JC,

What a "lovely pair"!!!

The only medium range I have is the M90/4. Nothing could be said as it doesn't appear to be close enough to relate to your big guns.

Play with the Sony A7.











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....Just don’t want to miss the focus by stepping down to f/2.8

Lucky I did ;-)

Thanatos,

I did try taking a couple shots and it is quite similar to the 75 Noct. Again, I was not ready to consider 75 at the time so the 90 was even less likely. Having said that my impression at the time was "pretty good"!
:-)



This was taken with M9 + M90 Lux



最後修改時間: 2020-07-03 10:49:10

JC,

How about Summilux M 90? Have you considered that prior to purchasing the Noct 75?

#4470
Just don’t want to miss the focus by stepping down to f/2.8

Chi,

I am sure you can also achieve similar, of course he has been advantaged by having the new king of the nocturnal eye.

I was out having lunch and saw a family, friend of my son. I took a picture in a hurry with little space and awkward angle, but to my surprise, it delivered quite a charming mood for the birthday lady.



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JC,

Thanks for the recommendation on Yuzo Fujii. Very nice pictures.

The images are frozen in time but then lead to imagine the "life in motion". It's quite contradictory, and it's hard to achieve.

If only I could be as good as his.









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His name is Yuzo Fujii, his creativity and composition is one of the best I have seen. Google him and see if you like his work.

Chi,

Your crazy macro is crazy indeed and the Leica logo is captured with heart and soul.

Photography is both art and science, more than often artists and scientists can't understand each other hence disputes. Art has no boundary and nor should science. So any kind of attempts should be encouraged not trolled, teased or trashed. Coexist and harmony help to elevate friendship and networking.

Why the M75 Noctilux when I have my R80 1.4? Good question gets a complex answer!

As said before 75 has not been my preferred length and the size and weight make it even less. As much as I like my R80 1.4 very much, when travelling, compact and light is the key. So I rarely picked it.

After testing SL75 2.0 when it first launched, I like how easy it is to capture sharpness with outstanding tones. But still unsure if I would use it often enough and it is only for SL system.

Last year when I first saw the M75 Noctilux in London and I was floored by the bokeh and clarity. Again, due to the size and weight, I did not see myself using it often enough, not to mention the price tag...

In the last 12 months, I started paying attention to some users online and noticed the images they share are unique and beyond my thought of the lens' specific strength, A Japanese photographer has posted some stunning images of busy Tokyo nightlife, I knew I was wrong about the limited use of the lens.

With the pandemic and travel restriction, I can't see us flying for another 6-12 months, so I decide to get it to push myself to learn with the new boundary. So this is my new friend I get to celebrate my birthday, 75th, in the next few years. So no birthday presents till I am 75. ;-)




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Thanatos,

The 75 Noct is indeed something spectacular, its performance sets a new height in terms of bokeh, sharpness, colour and most important of all, it is the handling, fairly easy! I thought it was going to be great for portraits mainly but it is great for closeup shots too. Not quite crazy macro like yours or Chi's but for everyday use without the need for too steady hands or setting up. It is quite good for landscape too, that is what I found online, great images with city skyline especially late night in busy cities like Tokyo and etc.

With SL2, the EVF helps focusing and the IBIS keeps its sharp, I guess!










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