Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]William... probably all true. But I do not want the weight of the 35/1.4 ASPH. Remember that I already own one and know how well it performs. It is just too heavy for travel for me. I use TMAX 100 almost exclusively. I am really not interested in another film. I have used TMX 400 and TriX, when I knew I was going to shoot a lot of dark scenes, but this is generally hard to plan for the traveller ( rather than a pro). Killing off a roll. to put in a different ASA film, causes the "loss" of 2 (partial) rolls. When you are traveling with a limited amount of film, this too is unacceptable to me. It all goes back to what you need to accomplish your goal, knowing and living with some drawbacks. It ain't a perfect world. Note... for all those that argue the flare thing... there is a easy fix. Don't shoot with a light source in your picture with a flare intolerant lens. Seems pretty straightforward. Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net