Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]D Khong wrote: > Speaking about low light shooting, I shot my church choir with my M3 and > 90/2.8 under artificial light. My Gossen Sixtino 2 could not register the > reading so I had to bracket with lens full open at f2.8 all the way from > 1/30 sec to 1/2 sec. Every shot was hand held, elbow braced against my > chest, took my deep breath and pressed the shutter gingerly. I took 5 > bracketed shots on Ektachrome 100. The exposure gradation was superb. > What surprised me the most was that when viewed under 10x loupe the > sharpness hardly deteriorated from 1/30 to 1/2 sec. The hand held shot at > 1/2 sec was definitely more than acceptably sharp. I'm impressed!! > > Dan > Singapore. > I've shot at night, almost exclusively, for the last five years. Fortunately shooting handheld isn't a problem since the only camera I've had is a 4x5. Having said that, Dan, if your meter can't make a reading at ISO 100, f2.8 & 1/2sec, either you used it incorrectly or there's something wrong with your meter. The setting you quoted equates to an EA of 4 which is safely in the range of respectable meters. Perhaps your reading was heavily influenced by shadows in the shot, or you attempted an incidence reading with a defusion atttachment that was too dense. This doesn't have much to do with shooting handheld, but it may save you a few rolls of film over time. And who wants to waste film? -- Wendell Summerville photographer of people, places and things wsummerv@concentric.net