Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The shutter speed gives you three extra stops over a film M, so the 'digital' minimum ISO of 160 equates to an ISO 20 film in a film M with a top shutter speed of 1/1000. The slowest film I've used in the last 35 years is ISO 25. Steve On 29 Oct 2006, at 23:25, Ian Watts wrote: >> Steve Unsworth wrote: >> >> No need for ND filters, the fastest shutter speed has been raised >> from 1/1000 to 1/8000. > > > Depends upon the light. In a sunny-16 situation, 1/8000 (at ISO > 160) isn't going to allow you to open up beyond F2.0 without > overexposure. Noctilux junkies might want to hang on to the ND > filter to get their wide-open fix.