Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/07

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Subject: [Leica] A tripod, an M8, and two candles
From: reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Sun Jan 7 06:53:34 2007
 
I wanted to look into the suggestion that the strangeness of M8s and candles 
had something to do with focus.

So I put my M8 on a tripod, set it at ISO640, mounted the Noctilux at f/5.6, 
and focused on the wick of the oil candle at the right of this image:

http://reid.org/~brian/images/candle3a.jpg    1/20  f/5.6  ISO640

I then extinguished the two candles, turned the room lights on, and 
increased the shutter speed a little:

http://reid.org/~brian/images/candle3a.jpg    1/45  f/5.6  ISO640

The camera didn't move on the tripod between those two exposures. I'm 
fascinated by the purple haze around the oil candle.

Brian Reid
grateful to all of you who contributed towards my getting this wonderful 
camera
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