Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kari Eloranta wrote: > Donal wrote: > > ROB HEYMAN wrote: > > Anyone have other suggestion for long exposures on the run? > > > > In my experience, left hand under lens, right on shutter side and > both > > elbows tucked in tightly, feet a bit apart and everythings solid but > not > > tense. > snip > > SNIP... > > > Anyway, with above recommended position and practice, 1/8 and 1/4 > second > > posible with Ms, especially if you shoot a lot and look for the good > > > one. And use a soft release button, if possible. (apparently > Nikon's > > for f3 works on M--recommendation from Luis Castenada who says the > most > > important advantage of the R8 is less vibration from mirror.) > SNIP... > > I'm doubtful about these gizmos. IMHO the most captivating low light > situations tend to be either those where one can either use a tripod > or > where the intimacy of the situation means that any loud gyro etc. > ruins > the whole thing. > SNIP... Photo Techniques March/April 1997 Article by John Loengard recalling meeting with Cartier-Bresson in 1987: Loengard writes concerning photos he was going to make of HCB sketching: "Rain was near; and although it was noon, it was dark. To keep the horizon in focus, my exposure was too long for me to hold he camera steady in my hand. I put it on a tripod. 'I don't understand the tripod, John,' said the master of The Decisive Moment." What I find wonderful about using my M Leicas is that they are hand holdable down to 1/8 or 1/4. Sometimes there is camera shake. Sometimes there isn't. But an image can be successful with either. A technical obsession with ultra-crispness, just because the optics are capable, does not necessarily make for a good photograph. Selah! Carl S.