Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> You guys are all nuts!!! :) Maybe, but beside the point... > I'm a big fan of f11; point and shoot. In my Rollei 35 and M6 bodies both there > is Delta 3200 which I shoot at 1600 Xtol 1:3 12 minutes 70 degrees blend every > minute for 5 or ten seconds. > With a yellow green filter my effective ASA is 800 but that will come off hand > held in low light. Okay, I JUST about buy D3200 at 1600 in Xtol! But I still think the grain is smushy. And at 1:3 you can only put 2 films in a 1l tank. But hey. > > There are two categories of fast lenses we are talking about here on the M system. > The 50 and 35 Summilux which are an increment bigger and heavier than their > Summicron counterparts. > And the special purpose big guns like the Noctilux and the 75 which are not Absolutely right... I use the old 35/1.4 which is really small, and a great all day lens. > It's just my particular concept of the M6 SO FAR is more that of more of an all > day "have with me" camera. Right on, right on. - -- Johnny Deadman "One must have a heart of stone to read the death of Little Nell without laughing" - Oscar Wilde