[Leica] Now I know why the filters are needed on the M8 :-)

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

Well Ted, I'm sure that's part of it, given that I had to trash about  
half of the images due to missed focus or subject movement or camera  
movement. I am lucky to live within walking distance of that  
particular bar, so I could indulge freely.

But on a serious note, this does convince me that the filters are  
really needed.

And of course, this is a bit of a case of "if you can see it, you can  
photograph it". A typical exposure was 1/15 or 1/30 sec. at f1.4, ISO  
1250. So we are not exactly talking about an abundance of light, which  
I suspect also contributed to the problem.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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On Dec 17, 2008, at 6:31 PM, Ted Grant wrote:

> Nathan because you are such a fine photographer and for being that,  
> there
> isn't any question in my mind. Certainly having been involved with  
> literally
> hundreds of photographers during more "party moments" than I can  
> remember,
> yes of course because of some, "we might say, Over indulgence! ;-)
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> There can only be one answer to your question, its always the same  
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> when or where.
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>>>>>>>>   3) I was too drunk?  <<<<<<<
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> Yep that's it right there! :-)    But you'll get over it! :-)
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> ted
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> Wajsman
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> Subject: [Leica] Now I know why the filters are needed on the M8 :-)
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> Last night we had the annual Christmas Quiz in a local bar, arranged
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> for the 10th year in a row by two English guys at work. For me, this
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> was the second time around, and disappointingly our team came in
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> either last or next-to-last.
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> Anyway, I took about 80 pics with my M8 and the 50mm Summilux that
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> arrived the day before. My UV/IR filters are not here yet, so I got a
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> good flavour of why they were needed. Of course, the light in the bar
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> was horrible and dim, and so black came out as not black.  A couple of
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> the pictures of a woman at my table leads me to ask the following: if
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> her allegedly black hair has a purple tint, should I conclude that:
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> 1) She was wearing a polyester wig?
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> 2) She had coloured her hair and so the M8 was reacting to the
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> chemicals she used?
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> 3) I was too drunk?
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> TIA,
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> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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