Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh, absolutely, it's so easy to move around quietly and unobtrusively with your camera on a tripod. Isn't that how HCB and Salgado have gotten some of their best stuff? Tina, isn't that your solution for shooting in near dark in mud-floored shacks in Central America?;-) B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Krechtz@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 4:26 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Noctilux vs. Summicron In a message dated 11/15/00 1:44:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, sdmp007@pressroom.com writes: << Since you requested it, I sold my Noctilux because to was too heavy. In use, I found the lowest I could go with the Noctilux was a 1/15 @ f/1 and get good and repeatable results. However, with with a Summilux, I got the same repeatablity of results at 1/8 @ f/1.4. >> Maybe a carbon fibre tripod with magnesium ball head would have been just the ticket. Joe Sobel