RE: [Leica] Shooting Leica wide open

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

James - While your Leica lenses may be sharper at maximum aperture than your
Nikon lenses, you will certainly get good results using the Nikon glass at
max as well - as some of the photos on your page attest...Nice photos, by
the way.

B. D.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of ctkhor
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 3:20 PM
> To: Leica Digest - posting
> Subject: [Leica] Shooting Leica wide open
>
>
> When I bought my first Leica, an R-E, back in November '98
> and then my first
> lens, a 50mm Summicron, I decided there and then that I will take a
> different path from that which I took with my Nikon. I will
> only buy single
> focal length lenses and the fastest lens (second hand) that I
> can afford.
> After almost nine months I now own a 35, 50 and 90 (all
> summicrons) and a
> 180/3.4 Apo-Telyt ... and an empty savings account.
>
> When I had my Nikons I was almost terrified of shooting wide
> open. I kept
> remembering my friend's advice to shoot at least 2 stops from
> the widest
> aperture for the best result. He never did mention what kind
> of result I
> would get wide open but then i imagined the worst. After I
> got my Leicas I
> decided to "risk" it and shoot wide open. After all I
> reasoned that it was
> foolish to spend extra for a fast lens (and Leica, too) and
> not shoot it
> wide open. I did and was pleasantly surprised. I love the
> pictures I got and
> that gave me more confidence to shoot wide open. Now, after a
> few months of
> such practice, without a second thought, I will immediately
> open and shoot
> wide open whenever the light is weak. Unless of course I need
> the depth of
> field.
>
> I still cannot understand those who pay a lot for a Summilux
> but always
> shoot at f2 or f2.8.
>
>
> James Khor
> http://members.tripod.com/sattha29/index.html
>
>