Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 12/11/00 6:31:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, merlin@flyingemu.com writes: << My guess is that your film speed will be OK but focal length may be lacking. Without a longer lens many of my photos of the kids' school plays would look like I had lined up rag-encrusted dolls on a shelf and had used a P&S to get the maximum amount of bland forefround and equally drab school stage curtains in the picture. School stage lighting is horrid, too. I'd suggest a 75 or 90 for some detail of the players. You may even want a 135 Elmarit-M. >> My experience also. The 135/2.8 performs surprisingly well under these circumstances, even with a Visoflex. I use a monopod and shoot it mainly at 2.8. I am speaking of the later (55mm filter) version, which I believe to be the same lens as the R version. I got inferior results with the earlier (Series VII) version, but I never performed a controlled comparison test. Joe Sobel