Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 07 Oct 1999 19:47:30 -0300, "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com> wrote: >Below is a link to a Noctilux shot taken at between f1.4 and F2. The guy >on the floor beside me had an F5 with a F2.8 zoom lens. He was shooting >800asa print film, I was shooting E200 Slide film. I could shoot slower >slide film because my lens was three stops faster than his. In this case, >I could not have shot at F1, because it would have required over 1/1000th >of a second. I chose to shoot at 1/500th as it was sufficient to stop the >action. This is why we say the Noctilux is a specialized lens. The >resulting image was made into a bunch of 11x145 and 16x20 Ilfochrome prints >that were sold to the player and one that resides at the organizing bodies' >head office. > >http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/images/CIAU/western-42.jpg Robert, that is one of the most inspiring BB shots I've seen. It makes the Noctilux point better than words ever could. Paul Chefurka PS - I went to Western and I don't remember their BB team ever looking that good :-)