Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: Bernard <5521.g23@g23.relcom.ru> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 22:41 Subject: Re: [Leica] Which one is the Leica? > As an engineer you should be able to figure out the > obvious. So here's a beginning for dumb engineers: > same distance from film plane, same aperture, same > shutter time, same lighting, same object in frame, same > camera support. As an engineer, I know that it is impossible for everything to be the same. Therefore it is necessary to specify the acceptable tolerances for "sameness." > As an aside, handheld can't qualify in any sane engineer's > mind as something that can ever be equal ... Why not? See above. > ... you shake a bit more or less every time you take > a shot. That may or may not be important. > With whatever tripod you use, you at least get *equal* support. Tripods are moved by the vibrations of nearby vehicles, and by air movement, and by other factors. -- Anthony