Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: Mike Johnston > Seriously, of course there are times and places for a tripod, and playing > with sharpness is one of them [and then talked about tripods with larger formats] Altho I have to agree with Mike about tripods for larger format cameras, here is one case where a Leica and a tripod were a perfect match. On December 31, 1999, I drove out the edge of the continental 48 states - Cape Mendocino - to take the last sunset of the year (or of the century/millennium, depending on how you count). I set up the 4x5 for a great landscape shot looking northwest toward the enormous cape with a dim sunset lighting the sky from my left. The wind was blowing hard and the 4x5 shuddered in the blast. No way was I going to get a shot with it. Out came the M6. Did you know what a low drag coefficient a Leica has compared to a 4x5? I've never seen drag coefficient listed as a selling point, but it saved the day out on the cape. I got a great shot with the 21mm Elmarit, developed film and print that night, and displayed a framed 16x20 Cibachrome of it about 15 hours later on Jan 1, 2000 for the grand opening of our local Humboldt Art Center museum. Couldn't have done it without a Leica and a tripod! Regards, Gary Todoroff Tree LUGger