Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Just for the hell of it - a trip to Venice & Florence
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@neteze.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 18:51:22 -0800

At 11:05 AM 11/22/99 -0500, Ruralmopics@aol.com wrote:
>I realize that this group considers the Noctilux to be the answer to all
>low-light problems but considering the subject seems to be somewhat static --
>churches and museums -- and assuming for a moment that we're not talking
>fleeting expressions and the like, wouldn't a better approach be f 5.6 at 1
>sec. with a tripod -- even a Leitz table top pod?

The problem is many of those places don't allow tripods. But then I'd 
rather use f/1.4 at 1/15 or 1/8 of a static subject like that.

Eric Welch
Carlsbad, CA

http://www.neteze.com/ewelch

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