Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]used the canon telyt combo at the swimming pool with little light and had no problems whatsoever.Find the 400/6.8 a joy to use with my MarkIII ISO 6400 at 10+frames a second can be nice with sports or kids and both. this is from a year ago at iso 3200 http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/animal/2008_06_22_35_1294jetcntrjr.JPG.html took some a week ago when she passed her last swimming exam pics are similar kids and water. best simon On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:41 PM, wildlightphoto op earthlink.net < wildlightphoto op earthlink.net> wrote: > Frank Filippone wrote: > > > First, I used manual pre-set aperture lenses in the 60's and 70's. They > > were and are a PITA. I want never to go back that route. > > > > Yes, you can preset everything, focus and shoot, but as soon as the light > > changes due to the sun, or the placement of the action, or a cloud, or > > whatever, you are back to where you started.... slow. Dead slow. > > > > If you must manually stop down a lens, meter, change aperture/shutter > speed, > > and recompose, how can anyone think this is not a non-immediate action? > > > > That is why I do not find the lens adapters and Nikon/Canon bodies at all > a > > solution to the Digi-R. > > With the lenses I typically use, I find focussing at full aperture to be > much quicker and more accurate than at a working aperture of one or more > stops smaller than maximum aperture. > > With the f/6.8 Telyts it's not a problem because I sendom wish to use them > at any aperture smaller than f/8, but even at f/8 I find focussing them > more difficult and slower on any camera other than the SL or SL2. > > With the 280mm f/4 APO I find focussing at f/4 to be quick and accurate at > full aperture, less so at a working aperture f/5.6 or f/8. > > Anything that slows me down means I'm less productive: I'll miss fleeting > expressions or postures more often. This is why I don't consider the lens > adapters and Nikon/Canon bodies an adequate solution to the Digi-R problem. > And after using the 280mm f/4 APO, the comparable focal length/aperture C > and N lenses are a cruel joke. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >