Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] SLR or M for weddings?????
From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@umcc.umcc.umich.edu>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 19:44:33 -0500

>>Too loud. Too hard to focus in low light. SLRs are better with lenses
>>longer than 100mm, and I never use long lenses for weddings, who does.
>
>
>I would like to know how you get close-up shots of the bride and groom
>during the ceremony with nothing longer than a 100mm without standing
>up in front of the entire church?    How do you get close-ups of the
>rings?  How do you isolate the faces of the bride and groom from the
>rest of the people around them during the reception.  I know how I do
>it.......   a 70-200 lens  at 200mm.

If _I_ need something longer than 90mm (rarely) I find that a 200 Telyt on
a Viso III does nicely. My DR Summicron get as close as needed for rings.



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