Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Impressive - extremely sharp and fine grained - -----Original Message----- From: Robert G. Stevens <robsteve@istar.ca> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Sunday, March 21, 1999 3:04 Subject: [Leica] Noctilux, Rapid winder and Basketball >Hi Lug members: > >I was taking some pictures today at the CIAU National basketball >championships ( Canadian University ) today and decided to try my M6 and >Rapid winder for under the net shots. It is pretty dim where it is being >held and you need 800 or 1600 ASA film. I shoot slides and these speed >slide films are very grainy. For a change, I decided to use the Noctilux >and shoot E200 pushed to EI 320. I am happy with my results. I had the R6 >and R8 loaded with Kodak PJM Multispeed print film at EI 800 and pushed on >stop, but the results pale in comparison to the slide film. > >The speed of the Noctilux allowed me to shoot the slower film and still >have a reasonable shutter speed of 1/500th. It did a pretty decent job, >but with the slide film, the colour is a bit on the green side from the >lighting they use. I may try Kodachrome 200 tomorrow pushed to EI 500, as >it tends to shift magenta when pushed and should correct for the lighting. >Tomorrow I will load the R6 with E200 and rate it at EI 640, and will >probably get better results than the print film. > >The rapid winder performed flawlessly and I was even able to take a series >of shots while the shooter was still in the air. I would say it is quicker >than an R8 winded, but slower than the R6 Motor, which probably makes it >just under three frames per second. In one heated moment, I think I almost >put my finger out of jount winding it, as I did not have it on the lever >squarely. > >The picture is at the bottom of my Noctilux page. It is a full frame image >and if you look, you can see the vignetting in the corners. As said >before, this vignetting usaully is not a problem pictorially in the average >Noctilux picture. When I get some time Monday, I will scan and post some >more images. > >http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/Noctilux.htm > >Regards, > >Robert >