Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I disagree, I've often done very low light work with Tmax 3200 at 3200 and 6400 with f1.4 and f2 lenses wide open or nearly so. Having a high-sensitivity sensor and fast lenses really opens up the darkness to be captured. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 5/11/12 2:33 PM, "charcot" <charcot at comcast.net> wrote: > Ernie "ludite" Nitka here: Leica's lineup is confusing to me. They >are making world class , super fast lenses as if we were still shooting >film and at the same time making advances in ISO on their digital >bodies. So what is the purpose of a 21/2.4 on a monochrome camera with >ISO of 10K ( assuming that usable iso is 2-3K). It is rather mute as I >can't afford the new , fast lenses even though I still shoot film. > >If I were Leica I'd go back to f/2.5 lineup that was afordable and would >mate up fine with higher iso M9. > >en > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information