Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 9/7/99 2:39:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mrabiner@concentric.net writes: << InfinityDT@aol.com wrote: <snip> could easily be used handheld...something that can't be > said for the Blad or the RB. A Blad is a 3.25 inch cube. Half the size of a stupid Rb and twice as elegant. On several occasions I've walked around with one in a small bag all day. An 80 mm lens and a folding finder. Meter-crank. Handy dandy. Often seen in the hands of underage undernourished overnicotined fashion models. Mark Rabiner >> The problem handholding the Blad isn't the size or weight, it's the KA-THUNK. Fine with flash. In ambient light I can't get acceptibly sharp handheld images from the Blad even at 1/500. In contrast I can handhold my Rollei TLR down to 1/60. The Horseman is good to about 1/125 (1/250 with the 150 and 180 lenses). In point of fact, though, my images from the M6 often surpass the MF images because I can open the lens wider and still get decent DOF and the lenses perform superbly at those apertures, allowing me to shoot handheld at 1/250-1/500 with any lens. I did notice after my last trip with the M6 that shots with the Table Tripod braced against anything solid showed a marked improvement over handheld no matter what the shutter speed. The tiny print on signs was always sharper.