Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just went to a wedding reception. The bride is the daughter of close friends. I've known her for over 20 years, since she was 9 years old. She asked me to bring my camera, so the M8 came along. They had also hired a pro photographer, who brought some truly heavy artillery: A D700 with Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 zoom. I took several lenses, but ended up only using my 35 'Lux ASPH v.1. So she had 5 pounds (2.25 kg). around her neck, I had about 2 pounds (950 g). As it got dark, I was shooting at ISO 640 (really 800) at f/1.4, going down to 1/15 to 1/10 second. The pro was shooting at 3200 at f/2.8. So really we were about even, except that she had more DOF. Eventually we both had to violate our religious principles and use flash. I'm really interested to see the differences in our pictures. Photos to follow. --Peter