Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Shooting hand held with a Leica obviously has little to do with shooting slow film. Its about squeezing out usable shots in low light and all kinds of light very spur of the moment quickly. Maybe have a spare body with some slow film in it for shots with a whole lot of direct light.. And from all I know this does not fly in the face of Tina's workflo. On 3/6/14 4:04 PM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote: > I agree totally, Jim, but I certainly do wish I had had an M240 back in > the days when I was pushing TMax 3200 by candlelight in dark adobe houses!! > ;-) Tina On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Jim Laurel (gmail) > <jplaurel at gmail.com>wrote: > I never will understand all this obsession with > ultra-high ISO. Along with > bokeh, it has become a fetish in the photographic > community. > > For so many years, we traveled with the Leica M6 and a few fast > lenses and > 100 ISO slide film, which we would sometimes push 1 stop. Only > rarely did I > feel the need for ISO 1600. The Leica M8 was already better > than 35mm film > at comparable ISO sensitivities. The M9 is better still and > yet in today's > world it is considered woefully obsolete. I can understand > that for Chris' > wedding work, 12,500 allows him to capture images that were > just not > possible in the days of film, but few consumers have such a > requirement. > > One thing is for sure. While a few photographers are using > the new > capabilities of digital cameras to push creative boundaries, most > simply > inundate us with well-exposed and sharply focused images with crazy > bokeh > at outrageous ISOs that have little real content. > > --Jim > > > On > Mar 6, 2014, at 11:54 AM, chris williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote: > > > No way > on the M-AF mount. The M battery is already small, I would not > want another > battery drain. > > > > I just recently shot the M 240 at a wedding. Unless > there's a new > version capable of 12,500 iso I don't really see a need for a > new camera > announcement.? > > > > Chris Williams > > www.zoeicaimages.net > > > 504-231-6261 > > > > > > On Mar 06, 2014, at 02:40 PM, "Jim Laurel (gmail)" > <jplaurel at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Just for fun, who would like to > speculate on what Leica will announce > on April 24? Will it be the fabled > Leica T (typ 701)? > >> > >> If I had a seat at the conference table, here's > what I would I would > propose: > >> -- A modified M mount that supports > autofocus. The "Leica M-AF" mount. > >> -- Re-tool X-Vario to accept these new > lenses. This APS-C camera will > be the initial offering. This new camera body > can read the 6-bit coding on > current M mount lenses. > >> -- Release a set > of primes with moderate aperture but superlative IQ in > classical focal > length equivalents: 35, 50, 28 and 90mm, in that order. > M-AF lenses actually > project an image circle sufficient for APS-H. > >> -- Customers who want > wider, longer or faster can use traditional M > mount lenses > >> -- Firmware > update for M240 to use the new lenses in crop mode. > >> -- Next cycle, > release the APS-H body with integrated EVF in the > traditional position (far > left) > >> -- Sell body and prime of your choice as a kit. Your choice of an > M-AF > prime for the same price. M-AF body and one prime priced between M240 > > (body) and X-Vario. > >> > >> --Jim > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Tina > Manley http:// > <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com __________________ > _____________________________ Leica Users Group. See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/