[Leica] IMGS: Burnt Mill Bar

[Ken Carney]

Who is the guy who jumps up in front of people with a strobe?  With a 
laser dot on the clothes you may get similar expressions :)

Ken

On 12/20/2015 9:54 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
> Thanks, Frank.  I was using AF with the SL.  It used the laser beam to
> focus and I got some startled looks.  Because it was so dark in the bar,
> the beam was very noticeable.  One guy came over to admire my camera and
> asked how to pronounce Leica.
>
> Tina
>
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Sure was a dark bar... Personally I like the shot of Tom and the owner.....
>>
>> Some of the intimidation factor comes from the big lenses on SLRs.  The
>> 24-90 on the SL is no different.
>> Some comes from the big camera.  ( I do not think the SL is big enough to
>> cause this)
>> Some comes from the combination of both.....
>>
>> Wait till there is a non-zoom AF lens, and try again....  I'll bet you get
>> different results.....
>>
>> Were you manually focusing the SL or allowing it to AF?
>>
>> Frank Filippone
>> Red735i at verizon.net
>>
>> Thanks, Gerry.  Yes, the baby powder is for putting on your hands so they
>> don't stick to the pool cue.  Taking both cameras was an experiment on my
>> part to see which one handled the almost no light in the bar best.  I knew
>> it was going to be dim.  My conclusions are that the SL is much easier to
>> focus but the MM is much less noticeable - about what I expected.  I think
>> I would have to take 10x as many photos with the MM to get the same number
>> in focus that I did with the SL, but it's probably worth it for discretion
>> - even though nobody objected to being photographed with either.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>>
>>
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