Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi i would like to chime in and agree with Nathan. One of the "problems" with Leica M gear is the fact that often in the day, outdoors, i am unable to shoot with anything less than f5.6 in the part of the world where i live (near the equator). Esp with Tri-X rated at 400 :) There would have been no bokeh to speak of, esp with my wides! Conversely, the Canon digital would be able to pull off a f1.4, 1/4000, with variable ISO according to time of day and position of the sun :) nicely spotted Nathan! i once saw a monkey perched on top of a cyclist in Beijing, but my M was in the bag! argh :P Boon Hwee On 06-Sep-04, at AM 11:55, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Hi Didier, > > No doubt you are right. However, I have to say that in this particular > situation--walking around and snapping quick pictures in bright > sunshine--I doubt that I would have had my Summilux wide open. More > likely at f4 or f5.6, similar to the Sigma, especially since the > maximum shutter speed of the M6 is only 1/1000. But the bokeh would > still have been better. I have since bought a couple of fast Canon > lenses--1.4/50mm, 1.8/85mm--which do have quite nice bokeh too, but > again, in the situation at hand, I probably would have had the > aperture set to something smaller than wide open. > > Nathan > > Didier Ludwig wrote: >> Nathan, >> I like the first one most >>> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_36.jpg >> But I can't abstain from the comment that with a open Summi or Nocti, >> you'd have had more and nicer Bokeh than with your Sigma ... :~D >> Didier >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >