{"id":2757,"date":"2011-04-06T06:56:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T13:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=2757"},"modified":"2011-04-06T06:55:44","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T13:55:44","slug":"i-leica-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=2757","title":{"rendered":"I Leica you!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-full wp-image-2758\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/K7_6125.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2758\" title=\"_K7_6125\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/K7_6125.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/K7_6125.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/K7_6125-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 35mm focal length was\u00a0 very popular on fixed lens compact cameras so you might be forgiven for thinking they all perform the same.\u00a0 If I&#8217;m to be totally honest that&#8217;s what I was thinking when I tried this camera.\u00a0 So the\u00a035mm f3.5 Elmar\u00a0did do a great job with sharp clear images, but\u00a0what really set this camera apart for me\u00a0 was the accuracy of the center weighted metering,\u00a0 it got all 36 frames right.\u00a0 There are few controls, primarily flash auto,on,off and infinity focus as well as a self timer and that&#8217;s it.\u00a0\u00a0Simple yet effective.\u00a0 Now for the downside.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not that durably built, it has a fair amount of barrel distortion and some vignetting when it uses large apertures.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-full wp-image-2759\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Leica_Mini_March2011_013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2759\" title=\"Leica_Mini_March2011_013\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Leica_Mini_March2011_013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Leica_Mini_March2011_013.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Leica_Mini_March2011_013-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-full wp-image-2760\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Leica_Mini_March2011_019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2760\" title=\"Leica_Mini_March2011_019\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Leica_Mini_March2011_019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Leica_Mini_March2011_019.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Leica_Mini_March2011_019-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Most of the images I took on this roll were reference shots for future paintings so I don&#8217;t actually have that many images to include.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By the way this is my 200th post, just saying, I don&#8217;t need a cake or anything but it&#8217;s 200 posts after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 35mm focal length was\u00a0 very popular on fixed lens compact cameras so you might be forgiven for thinking they all perform the same.\u00a0 If I&#8217;m to be totally honest that&#8217;s what I was thinking when I tried this camera.\u00a0 So the\u00a035mm f3.5 Elmar\u00a0did do a great job with sharp clear images, but\u00a0what really set 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