Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/05

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Shooting Leica wide open
From: Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 09:08:40 -0700

At 11:20 PM 10/5/99 +0800, ctkhor wrote:
>
>I still cannot understand those who pay a lot for a Summilux but always
>shoot at f2 or f2.8.
>
>James Khor

Images made with a Summilux, at f/1.4, have some unique properties. It is
not that one always photographs at f/1.4, it is that there are
circumstances that need f/1.4, and there are circumstances that want f/1.4
. But, of course, not all circumstances. If you do not have a Summilux,
then you cannot realize the needed f/1.4 speed or the desired f/1.4 effect.

Jim