Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/06/06

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Three arguments
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@gp.magick.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 23:43:09 -0700

At 10:23 PM 6/6/96 +0200, you wrote:

>Three argument against Leica M6:
>1) 1/000th as fastest shutter speed.
>400 ASA, F/16 and 1/1000th is something you might need on a very sunny
>beach. I can promise you, that you do not need a shorter exposure with a 400
>ASA film.

But that is not considering the possibilities. There is always a use for any
fast shutter speed. When, you might ask? How about with fast film, and a
shallow depth of field. I've needed that several times recently with my
EOS1n, and ended up shooting at 2.8 at 1/6000 (or thereabouts). Just what I
needed. Given that's not a strong point of the M6, it's not been a probelm
for me so far. I rarely shoot anything faster than 100 speed film when I'm
outside anyway. Why mess up the picture with  unncessary grain? I always
shoot the slowest film I can get by with (which some times is 12,800!).

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Eric Welch
Grants Pass Daily Courier