[Leica] IMG: Pool Paradise

[Herbert Kanner]

Here’s an advantage over film: shoot at 1/15 but take the picture say four times. The odds are quite good that you’ll find a sharp one. Of course, that depends on a fair extent to the weight of the camera. The Leicas are heavier than most, and I’ve lucked out a surprising number of times at 1/15.

Herbert Kanner
kanner at acm.org

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> On Sep 15, 2015, at 7:38 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Herb,
> 
> I have also found that touch screens, in my case an iPhone 6, can have a mind of their own.
> 
> I thought about the shutter speed's role in capturing the waterfall, so I varied the aperture to force it to slow down, as I shot a series of exposures.  The one that I posted was ISO 200, 1/300 at f/5.6.
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> I continued to stop down, finally reaching 1/70 at f/16.  In examining the images, I could see very little difference in the rendering of the flowing water.  You are probably correct, that 1/15 would have smoothed it out, but I had no way of achieving that without a tripod and a neutral density filter.  So, I just chose the image with the best overall sharpness, ignoring the water.  ISO 200 is the normal base value on the X-E1.  There is a "contrived" setting of 100, but I never go there.  Maybe this time I should have tried it.
> 
> Thanks for looking.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> On 9/15/2015 8:10 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote:
>> My first reply went empty. Yes, touch pads are a great improvement over mice, except that at times an accidental light touch does what you don’t want.
>> 
>> What I’m writing about is the exposure for the waterfall at the back. Lately, I became a believer in like 1/15 to fuzz up the water and suggest motion. But when I first had the opportunity to try it, the toy Lumix camera wouldn’t stop down beyond f/8, not far enough to permit that long an exposure. I was pissed off at the time. I think I also went to the lowest available ISO. Don’t really remember.
>> 
>> Herbert Kanner
>> kanner at acm.org
>> 
>> Question Authority and the authorities will question you.
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>>> On Sep 15, 2015, at 7:25 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>>> This is the shallow end of the backyard pool where I attended a birthday party on Sunday.  The kids had a blast in the pool and on an inflatable water slide.  There is a low board at the other end.
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>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/The+Shallow+End.TIFF.html
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>>> Fuji X-E1 with 27mm
>>> 
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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