Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 9:29 AM -0800 11/4/99, Mark Rabiner wrote: >Johnny Deadman wrote: >> >> > I was out today in Vancouver. Street photography took on the winter >>meaning >> > here. Some rain; overcast you might say. 1/60sec at 1/4 with 400ISO >>film in >> > the brighter parts at around 1:30pm. One of those times you might want >>some >> > fast glass. Even Mike Johnston could find a use for it here, I'm sure :-) >> >> Same day in London -- exactly one stop more light! Gawd bless the 35/1.4. So >> nice to keep shooting until it's dark. >> >> The only way I can go shoot with my 20/5.6 at this time of year is pushing >> TMY to 3200. (It looks so ugly at 5.6 you have to shoot at 8 minimum). >> >> So I don't. >> >> -- >> Johnny Deadman >> >> "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the >> difference between lightning and a lightning bug" - Mark Twain > >You guys are all nuts!!! :) >I'm a big fan of f11; point and shoot. In my Rollei 35 and M6 bodies both >there >is Delta 3200 which I shoot at 1600 Xtol 1:3 12 minutes 70 degrees blend every >minute for 5 or ten seconds. >With a yellow green filter my effective ASA is 800 but that will come off hand >held in low light. > >There are two categories of fast lenses we are talking about here on the M >system. >The 50 and 35 Summilux which are an increment bigger and heavier than their >Summicron counterparts. >And the special purpose big guns like the Noctilux and the 75 which are not >normally thought of as what you'd have on your camera all day out on the town. >I've got nothing against them. >It's just my particular concept of the M6 SO FAR is more that of more of >an all >day "have with me" camera. >Mark Rabiner:) I just read my post again. Another case of the fingers and the brain being disconnected. What I meant to say was '1/60sec at f/1.4 at 400 ISO'. I'm afraid the Rollei 35 is not the best camera in these conditions. * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com