Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken, first of all, let me just say that I'm available to help clean your cupboards at no charge! You know, a person could outfit their house with a few of those fancy new metal halide light fixtures, which ought to increase brightness by a couple of stops easily :-) Jeff Segawa See my photography online at http://www.netone.com/~segawa - -----Original Message----- From: Lee, Ken <ken.lee@hbc.com> >Since I moved my Nikon and Bronica stuff to >the back of the cupboard 4 years ago when I got my M3 I seem to wish for >faster film and faster lenses. I live in the Toronto area and for the winter >months, it is dark outside when I leave for work and dark when I get home. >If I do any outdoor shooting, I need speed. Inside my house with the normal >household lights on, the brightest it gets is 1/30 at f2 with ISO 400, a lot >of the time it is 1/8 at f2. The fastest lens I currently own is my 75mm >Summilux. I lust after f1 50mm and f1.4 35mm but I have a bunch of 4X5, MF >and maybe Nikon stuff to sell before I have the cash.