Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, I will agree, with your usual subjects, time is important. No one can argue, once they have viewed the results that you achieve. For me, I choose to let shutter speed be the variable, selecting an ISO to give an acceptable speed range. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] M9 reviewers drawn from the unwashed masses > Jim Nichols wrote: > >> I must be missing something. I use Leica-R lenses on my Olympus E-510, > with >> an adapter, and I don't find it to be a problem. I select "aperture >> preferred", ISO, and focus and compose with the lens wide open. Then, >> without taking the camera away from my eye, I rotate the aperture ring to >> around 5.6 to 8, let the auto-exposure sensor do its thing, and press the >> shutter release. What is difficult about that? > > It depends on your choice of subject and what you want in your photos. > For > my subjects and for what I want in my photos, the time used moving the > aperture ring costs me the picture I want, particularly since I want to > choose a particular aperture, not an approximate aperture, to get correct > exposure with a particular (manual) shutter speed. As I believe Frank > wrote, "YMMV". > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web LIVE - Free email based on Microsoft? Exchange technology - > http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >