Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]my good friend at work happens to be a International Grand Master Chess player. every few years, someone in the office comes along claiming to be a great chess player. if my boss--the head of the MBS (mortgage-backed securities) trading desk (the guy in the second photo)--hears about it, he insists on a game then and there to prove who's the better man. typical trader mentality stuff. :-) such an impromptu challenge occurred last week. i happened to have my M6 and Noctilux at work, intending on testing a roll of Neopan 1600. after hours when everyone was herded off the trading desk into a nearby conference room for the event, i was ready. in the end, my friend vanquished the challenger, even after granting a 5-minute time extension. i won't say that money did not change hands. here are the images: http://www.shinozuka-family.com/chess lighting was horrible, typical conference room with those cans shooting straight down. if nothing else, the expression of the spectators is fairly amusing. i enjoyed the fact that no one seemed to notice me or the camera. M6 0.85 Classic Noctilux 50/f1.0 Fuji Neopan 1600 at EI 640, Xtol(1+3) 11.5 min (too flat, still testing) Exposure: f1.0 1/125-1/250 sec - -rei