Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Richard W. Hemingway" wrote: > Just got my Kodachrome 200 slides back of the new Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum > of Natural History which we visited when we were in Norman, OK, last week.<<<<<< SNIP > Some of Ted's expertise must have remained with the winder and pack!!! > they aren't as good as Ted could do, but I am very happy with the results.<<<< <<<<SNIP > > All of the slides were shot with an R8 and 35/1.4 lens, at 1.4 and 2.0. I > shot three with the SF-20 flash. All were hand held and without flash > mostly from 1/8th to 1/30th.<<<<< <<<<< SNIP Hi Dick, Glad to hear it's working well for you and the mystic powers I instilled by it's use have retained their value! ;-) Although you don't need any help from me with your successful picture taking, it's nice to know you at least think I laid a mystic spell on the winder and power pack. :-) And shooting wide open for successful images is sometimes the only way to go unless you want to blast everything with the flash stopped down look of everyone else's photos. And certainly when we all use Leica glass, one shouldn't hesitate to shoot wide open with any Leica lens. Keeping in mind to use the widest possible aperture and highest possible shutter speed when exposing by the normal existing light will make for very interesting results. Not to mention your pictures will look completely different from anyone else's, unless they too are working only available existing light as you. Then you'd do better anyway as you've got the eye! ;-) ted