Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Noctilux - Rational lens??
From: Thomas Kachadurian <kach@freeway.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:59:38 -0400

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
>
>
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