Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My first Noctilux pictures were at a dinner party, illuminated by two candles. EI 800 with TMax400, f/1.0 at 1/15. Having two candles didn't really increase the brightness for exposure purposes, as the more distant candle functioned more as a fill to the nearer candle, which served as the main light. Actually turned out to be a decent lighting set up. The contrast control of the Noctilux shots was terrific, and beyond my best expectations. I was hooked. Tom Schofield - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henning J. Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 2:41 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: > At 9:12 PM +0200 6/19/00, Robert Appleby and Sue Darlow wrote: > >>>>>>> > >There is no great mystery here. If you need one candle to get the shot with > >a Noctilux wide open under a certain circumstance, you'll need 2 candles > >with a Summilux. > > > ><<<<<<< > >4 I think. Intensity = something squared? As your kids grow, you can use > >slower and slower lenses for their brithday cake shots - f4.0 is sufficient > >when they're 64 years old - enter the tri-elmar! > >Rob. > >Robert Appleby and Sue Darlow > >Via Bellentani 36 > >41100 Modena > >Italy > >Tel/fax [39] 059 303436 > > If you have one candle, and can make the shot with a Noctilux, you will > need 2 with the Summilux (which has an entrance pupil approximately 1/2 the > area of the Noctilux, both wide open). If you move twice as far away from > the candle, you will need either 4 candles or EI12,800 film or.... > Intensity varies as the inverse of the square of the distance. > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >