Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chris: I was telling you about my experience with many more than ten frames. With an SLR and a 50mm lens, I cannot shoot sharply at less than a 125th. I regularly make sharp photographs with an M6 and a 50 summicron at a 30th and get lucky at a 15th about half the time. Tom At 06:17 AM 4/27/98 +0000, you wrote: >Very very good point. I wonder though if anyone with a steady >hand has put this theory to the test. I regularly disregard the >1/focal length rule with my SLR when needed with good results. >Has anyone here done some handheld tests of their own to see what >the actual difference is in the results? Not just 1 photo. You >would need to take at least 10 with each to get a reasonable >sample, because there is some luck involved. > >-- >Chris Bitmead >http://www.ans.com.au/~chrisb >mailto:chrisb@ans.com.au > > ================================== Thomas Kachadurian WEB PAGE: http://members.aol.com/kachaduria