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Subject: Re: [Leica] Bouncing with the SF20
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 15:25:00 -0800
References: <EC1D893EF5042348ADC8A79B742E9EFB0262AF7D@gci-mocex01.us.ad.gannett.com>

><Snip>   I have had success with this rig on the M6 TTL
> using Portra 160NC with lenses stopped down to f/2.8.  The rooms should
> have a fairly low ceiling that is light in tone, and you can't shoot
> anything stopped past f/2.8, due to the small output from the SF20; but
> if you have fast glass, it works fine.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> /Mitch


Ah the only problem I have with this logic is "stopped down to F 2.8".
I have a roomful of lenses only a quarter of which can be "stopped down
to F 2.8" as the ARE 2.8. Or they are slower. You must be mainly into
the much faster glass and forget than most mere mortals OPEN UP to 2.8;
not stop down to it. I suspect or remember you have the 85 1.4.
My first lens on my first camera was a 2.8 so for some reason anything
faster than that I think of as "fast." On a normal or very short tele.
Mark Rabiner

I do have a Noctilux though and stopping down to 2.8 is stopping way way
down. 
6 clicks. 
3 stops. 
The "middle" of the lens f stops as they are engraved on the lens is
f4!! Kind of where you'd expect f8 to be there. (really)

Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.rabinergroup.com
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