[Leica] leica branded lenses

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Frank Filippone asked:
Subject: RE: [Leica] leica branded lenses


>I keep reading this stuff about wide open apertures...
>What do you guys do when the light is too bright to use the lens wide open?
> ( You have run out of shutter speed....)<<<<

Hi Frank,
Maybe a slight misunderstanding here.

I think what, I believe Tina meant was, she and some of us work wide open or 
as close as possible to that, but still maintain a correct exposure and if 
it's necessary to stop down we do. Obviously if we run out of shutter speeds 
to maintain a correct exposure.

It doesn't mean we blow frames because we create an overexposure due to not 
stopping down.

> Can you imagine how out of focus a 400 F2.8 lens is compared to your 400 
> F6.8?<<<<

Well I don't know and have never given it a thought as out of focus wide 
open is just as out of focus as wide open on another lens. That is as far as 
I'm concerned, all I'm ever concerned about is that the subject is as razor 
blade sharp as I can get. :-)

Even though I have owned and used both lenses mentioned I never considered 
what the background looked like. Besides working wide open as often as 
possible gives such a beautiful separation, subject to background, is one of 
the reasons I shoot in that fashion as much as I can.

Unless I require great depth of field, then the wide open working method is 
out the window.

Another and probably more important factor:  I always try to shoot at the 
highest possible shutter speed and widest aperture possible! As it quite 
often eliminates or softens background clutter and allows for the 
possibility of a camera jiggle.

I hope this explains the wide open comment, certainly from my point in using 
it.
ted