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Subject: [Leica] #271
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Tue Aug 16 06:57:31 2005
References: <007601c5a233$158385e0$cdbd4354@desktop><a2f8f44705081600354793f6ad@mail.gmail.com> <013001c5a23c$4c54f1e0$cdbd4354@desktop>

Why use a red filter on a cloudy day?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GeeBee" <geebee@geebeephoto.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 3:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] #271


> From: "Daniel Ridings" <dlridings@gmail.com>
>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] #271
>
>
>> You sure did get a lot of depth of field out of that 50. Were you
>> aiming for it and focusing accordingly?
>>
>> Best,
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>> On 8/16/05, GeeBee <geebee@geebeephoto.com> wrote:
>> > Leica IIIf : 50mm Summitar : red filter : Kodak T400 CN
>> >
>> > http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/05271.htm
>> >
>> >
>>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Hi Daniel,
>
> Hyperfocal @f8 gave me near focus of 15ft. I would have liked more but the
> red filter cost me 3 stops and the light was not great. I could have 
> gained
> some f stops by dropping the shutter speed but I was worried about camera
> shake as I was holding a 39mm red filter in front of the lens ( much 
> harder
> than I had anticipated with a camera with unfamiliar controls). I wanted 
> the
> figure in the foreground rather than the mid/background but by the time I
> worked out filter compensation and got the filter in place without getting
> my fingers in the frame she had moved on a ways. As you say, these little
> boxes are a dream :-) Thanks for looking.
>
> --Graham
>
>
>
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