Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The simple answer is that a lot of people like to push film for purely aesthetic reasons - highlight separation. Assuming N+2, your Plus-X becomes 500, your TMX becomes 400 (this is for the meter only - shadow speed is still 100). If you push and simply set your meter for EI 100 you just get a lot of blown-out highlights. On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Hi Muhammad, > > Just curious ... why not use a slower film for daylight shots? I was > a big user of TX, and, while I still use it a lot, I've started using > a lot more 100 speed film as well. Getting some of that back ground > out of focus and a bit softer is sometimes a very desirable, as you > noted. > > AppleMac97@aol.com wrote: > > > I shoot a lot of TriX and TMax 400 > > in daylight, and also color films of > > similar or higher ISO. With the M6, > > I am often forced to shoot at f16 and > > 1/1000, when I would really like to > > shoot at say f2 or f4. I like the > > shallow depth of field of those large > > apertures. > > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:belinkoff@earthlink.net > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html