Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/31

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Subject: Re: M use
From: Tom Kline <tkline@grizzly.pwssc.gen.ak.us>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 17:55:17 -0800

>Yup,
>
>Optima 200, f1.4 @1/4000 in broad daylight is like a good caffe latte on
>a slow sunny morning.   Background colour blurring and running into each
>other.
>
>Here and there a hint of sharpness but mostly dreamland.
>
>Rob.
>
> >  have to go for a "fast enough" speed, and maximum DOF. How many
>times have
> >  you settled at 1/125 or 1/250 instead of a faster speed - just to
>get more
> >  DOF? It's burnt into us from the beginning! Stop down and make it
>ALL sharp.
> >
>>
> >  Regards,
> >
> >
> >
> >  Ben W. Holmes
> >  Boulder, CO
> >

If one wants to use large apertures with  relatively high speed film when
lots of light is present, there is annother option besides high shutter
speeds - ND filters. However, there are 25 ISO films to be had!
Ciao!


Thomas C. Kline, Jr., Ph.D.
Research Scientist/ Diving Safety Officer
Prince William Sound Science Center
300 Breakwater Avenue, P. O. Box 705
Cordova, AK 99574, USA
907-424-5800
tkline@grizzly.pwssc.gen.ak.us
http://www.pwssc.gen.ak.us/