Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/29

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Subject: [Leica] Epson R-D1 vs. M8?
From: lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth)
Date: Sun Oct 29 15:31:21 2006
References: <EFF82CE8-60C3-4D69-92F1-7AD56135E9EB@virgin.net>

The shutter speed gives you three extra stops over a film M, so the  
'digital' minimum ISO of 160 equates to an ISO 20 film in a film M  
with a top shutter speed of 1/1000. The slowest film I've used in the  
last 35 years is ISO 25.

Steve

On 29 Oct 2006, at 23:25, Ian Watts wrote:

>> Steve Unsworth wrote:
>>
>> No need for ND filters, the fastest shutter speed has been raised
>> from 1/1000 to 1/8000.
>
>
> Depends upon the light. In a sunny-16 situation, 1/8000 (at ISO  
> 160) isn't going to allow you to open up beyond F2.0 without  
> overexposure. Noctilux junkies might want to hang on to the ND  
> filter to get their wide-open fix.

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