On a previous post I mentioned how much I enjoyed using the Leica X Vario for street photography, and I meant it. I was gathering images to use for my upcoming review, and I realized I had too many street shots to choose from. In the end, I decided to post the overflow here for your viewing. Here are just some of the overflow…I actually have more! All these images were taken using zone focusing, anywhere between 1.5 to 4 meter distance. Once you get use to eyeballing distance, it’s pretty easy and fun. Just shoot high ISO (800-1600), stop down to F/5.6 to F/8 and make sure you’re shutter speeds are 1/500th sec or faster. You’ll be surprised how many good images you can get when you’re not worried about focusing, or even shutter speeds and aperture. If fact, once you know the framing of the chosen focal length (the X Vario is best between 28mm to 35mm), you don’t even have to worry about framing. You can visualize the shot without even looking at the screen. I think 28mm at 2 meters
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