Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 11/15/05 10:24 AM, "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> typed: > Chris Lawson offered: > Subject: Re: [Leica] A Noctilux and Velvia ... > > >> First, I start with the Rabiner Neopan 1600 film/developer solution. Then, >> with the Noct at f/1.0, I have latitude in shutter speed choices. Sure, >> it's cheating. <<< > > Hi Chris, > Not sure what you mean by "it's cheating?" Man when you go f1.0 using 3200 > and shoot, it's truly "available darkness." No cheating there, just > extremely interesting photographs. Imagine f1.0 and an 1/8th of a second > hand held!!! ;-) And with correct exposures it's amazing the neat pictures > you can shoot. ;-) Cool coal mine stuff! :-) >snippet< > > If you think and worry about a slow shutter speed you surely are going to > screw it up.!!!! > > Don't think, shoot it! > > ted > > > > It's easy to think of what hurts and what you don't have and less likely to walk down the street thinking "gee my leg doesn't hurt" or "I've got this nice camera!" A roundabout way of saying, as Ted is busy sometimes for a month, that such input from a long experienced in this case Pro who has dedicated his life to photography is invaluable and easily taken for for Grant-Ted. When we read a Ted Grant post the BS quotient is zero. Ted can skip that stuff. Lets not take Ted Grant for Grant Ted. Its the other way round. (amazing how this worked out) Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/