Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]sometime around 12/18/99 5:22 AM, Andre Jean Quintal at megamax@abacom.com was heard to write: > I'll bet the rich photographers who own Leica-R 180 mm lenses > will get us drooling, but I'd rather wish people would > focus on, say, 20 mm to 90 mm focal lengths, as in "hand held"... > at f/2 @ 1/30th... > NOCTILUX ? Gee: f/1 @ 1/15 th ... 2.5 EV down !!! (3?) Andre, Why not ask people who have done the kind of photography professionally? I'm sure Erwin has an opinion on this topic too, but as he says, ask the people with the speicalized experience on the given topic. I can answer your question quite simply. For the best color prints in available light under the coditions you are talking, the vote among photojournalists is essentially unanimous. Fuji 800, at 800, 1600 and 3200. There is no competition. Espeically Kodak. - -- Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.neteze.com/ewelch "You can't cajole someone into loving you by simply being nice to be around." - Garrison Keillor - As heard on "A Prairie Home Companion"