Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Test charts and 28-70 AF-S
From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 13:22:41 +0200

From: <RBedw51767@aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 10:38
Subject: Re: [Leica] Test charts and 28-70 AF-S


> Must be a typo.....my F5 will set to 1/2500, not 1/2520.

Nope.  I was using aperture priority and the F5 sets shutter speeds steplessly
in this mode.  When I set the aperture to f/2.8 (to maximize depth of field) in
bright sunlight, it selected 1/2520 as the shutter speed, as I recall (it could
have been 1/2250).  I remember being intrigued by the fact that it selected such
a precise shutter speed, instead of rounding it off.  I also found it amusing
that it could even go that high--with a Leica, I would have been out of luck.

The resulting images looked great to me when I scanned them.  And much better
than the 24-120--and the 24-120 is no slouch.

  -- Anthony