Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I took some photographs at the renovated fountains at Place de la Concorde the other week with my Summicron wide open. Looking at the slides through the loupe I was almost sucked into the scene. Steve - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner Sent: 28 August 2001 23:40 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Noctilux for Rabs Steve Unsworth wrote: > > Mark > > Those chess pictures have pushed me into the same way of thinking. The > shallowness of the depth of field is really enticing. I'm working out in > Paris (France not Texas :-) until at least early next year and the thought > of night time shots with 100 or 400 asa film is beginning to get more and > more compelling. > > I am expect a huge learning curve though. > > Steve > I'll be bracketing my focusing at first with the help of my Rapidwinder. This will be a whole new way of shooting for me. With my other lenses i tend to stop down as much as i can. Not having done too much wide open shooting. Perhaps this Noctilux shooting will get me doing wide open shooting with my other lenses as well. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/