Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the detailed reply Mark The lens is a keeper. I enjoyed the bokeh in the upper part of the pict, not so much in the lower part with the pavement/sidewalk, hence my question. Stopping down is what fast lenses are for IMHO You get the better glass and formula, and can actually stop down for the reasons you've given. ISO's are beginning to be tedious to type as they are now way too long - I suggest typing, say 160H, or 32K or K 64 ? ;-) Bien amicalement Philippe Le 10 d?c. 10 ? 08:38, Mark Rabiner a ?crit : > > It was shot with the 28mm 1.4 Nikkor and I ......... STOPPED DOWN! > Two stops to f 2.8 So the full body and richness has been polluted > and does > not come through of this rather effete for Nikon lens. > But I actually got a bit more in focus. Especially what I wanted to > get in > focus. That purple flower. Which if I had shot it at 1.4 would not > be in > focus in this particular shot. Did not put all my eggs into one focal > plane. It's a big heavy lens. Gives you a bright easy to see image > in the > ground glass. And does do every well at f 1.4. > But I've been shooting stopped down in the dead of night. As my > ISO's are in > cruising speed in the 64,000 range. Giving me better than I got before > results at iso 16,000. > But that's only two stops... Seems like more if you're not used to > those > numbers as I was not two months ago. > 16,000 > 32,000 > 64,000 > > I love knowing that even if I didn't nail my focus in the > groundglass I > still may have nailed it in the "print" as I stopped down a couple. > Which is how I shot most my pix from 1965 to 1995. > Stopped down a couple. > And is how I was taught and how most the people I know shot. > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner >>> >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/101115_155228.jpg.html >>> >>