Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]|Ken Wilcox wrote, in part: | |> |> You must be careful not to wobble back and forth as you shoot. |> While Martin Howard replied: |OK, I'm officially confused. Ted says you should have a shot of Scotch |before you use long shutter speeds, to steady the hand, so to speak. And I |always follow Ted's advice. But after the fourth or fifth picture, I find |myself wobbling a little backwards and forwards, and it get progressively |worse the more shots I take (thank god there are only 36 frames on a roll of |film...!) | |Does that mean that you should get your 75 Summilux pictures in early in the |session and then move to short focal lengths/smaller apertures? No, No, Ken Wilcox was right, except for the fact that when the subject moves, you have to do what I call the Abrahamsson sway. This move is documented in the archives and involves swaying back and forth to keep the subject in focus. I think Ken was talking about a static subject rather than a moving subject such as a person. Wide open, the 75 is difficult (I was going to use a slang word, but in deference to our wordsmiths I have settled on difficult) to focus. You have to practice, practice, practice, with real film and then kind of go with your instinct based upon practice. I suppose that scotch might help some people, but after trying to emulate drunks, I pretty much try to do it sober. Un saludo cordial, Bill