Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mary: This vignetting occurs at F1, but in most cases it is not noticeable because the light is not that even in low light situations anyways. A second reason why it is not seen is if it is not a full frame print. If you shoot print film, the vignetting can be cropped off in the prints. On my home page, the pictures Cigar, Baby, and Kim were shot at F1. Since the background is well out of fucus in all of these, any vignetting there may be is not noticeable. The two other pictures, Boyd and Bruce, were shot at 1.4 and are pretty evenly iluminated. http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/Noctilux.htm To put it simply, to get very noticable vignetting, load very slow film so you can use F1 and the go outside and take a scenic shot and you will see it in the corners. Most indoor or night scenes are not illuminated evenly enough to see the difference easily. If you want no vignetting, shoot at 1.4 or smaller. Regards, Robert At 10:03 PM 10/8/98 -0500, you wrote: > > >Hello LUGgers, > >I just read Erwin Puts article in the current issue of Phototechniques. >In it he has a very graphic example of the vignetting which can take >place at F1. Nevertheless, further on, there is a "gallery" of photos >(wonderful photos--by Tina Manley, Dan Khong and others) all taken at F1, >with no vignetting. How is vignetting avioded? Erwin Puts mentions >something about the exposure, but it wasn't too clear to me. > >MK > > > >