Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What's the expression? Apples don't fall far from the tree? Pardon me for my ignorance, I presume the reference to ASA200 is that most people would opt for a faster speed ASA so they can use a faster shutter speed or smaller aperture, but your son is going for the higher image quality of the lower ASA? Nice stuff. We don't watch TV,.... except for the Olympics. Looking forward to see some of those athletes in a month. Best of luck to them and of course to your son. At 10:11 AM 1/14/2006, Ted Grant wrote: >Hi Crew, >Many of you know how proud I am of my number 2 son and his shooting sports >ability. > >Given this past week he's been shooting the Canadian Skating Championships >to determine which athletes go to the Olympics shortly, but he thought it >might be interesting to use his older lens, a 400mm 2.8 manual focus Canon >and his top end Canon digital camera while setting the ASA at 200! :-) > >Trust me this is well worth having a look at what one can do when they >shoot by feeling and not by numbers. > >http://www.sixsixsix.ca/2006%20canadians.htm > >When I see his photography and give him praise his response is " well who >do you think I learned it from to shoot by feelings and not by numbers, >"Don't think, shoot!" // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)