Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There´s something very wrong with Stephen. I have read about multiple identities before but this is the record, I´d say. All the best! Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Stephen A. Talesnick <stephen@talesnick.com> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 26. toukokuuta 2000 2:14 Aihe: Re: Noctilux Focusing (was Re: [Leica] noctilux vs. the cheap alternative) >WRONG STEPHEN, I am stephen@earthlink.net and have been for over 5 years. >Please have your stephen check with earthlink and get the correct address. >Thank you. stephen@earthlink.net > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Simon Lamb" <s_lamb@compuserve.com> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 2:57 PM >Subject: Noctilux Focusing (was Re: [Leica] noctilux vs. the cheap >alternative) > > >> Bryan >> >> When you are using the Noctilux in very low light, how do you focus the >> thing when you can hardly see the subject. I ask this because I was >trying >> to take some indoor shots with Scala at 1600 in very low light using my >50mm >> f/2 and, although I could get an exposure at 1/8 sec @ f/2, I could not >see >> the subject well enough to know if I had proper focus on it. Is the f/1 >> Noctilux that much brighter that focusing is easier? >> >> Simon >> >> Amateur images at http://www.phoenixdb.co.uk/leica >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Bryan Caldwell <bcaldwell@softcom.net> >> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >> Sent: 25 May 2000 20:18 >> Subject: Re: [Leica] noctilux vs. the cheap alternative >> >> >> > >> > But when you push your film AND use a Noctilux, you're in a whole >> different >> > world. >> > >> > >> > Bryan >> > >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Kyle Cassidy" <cassidy@netaxs.com> >> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >> > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 6:54 AM >> > Subject: [Leica] noctilux vs. the cheap alternative >> > >> > >> > > [bob was complaining about camera shake] >> > > >> > > the other alternative (to buying a noctilux) is to just push your film >> two >> > > stops. tri-x does very nicely at 800 or 1600. not to mention the wide >> > > variety of high speed (i.e. 3200 etc) films on the market today. this >> shot >> > > of chip is hp5 at 1600: >> > > >> > > http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/pad/18/chip.jpg >> > > >> > > there ya go. cheap lux. >> > > >> > > >> > > the ever practical, >> > > >> > > kc >> > > >> > >> >> > >