Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 3:09 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Medium format camera for a Leica user? >>> > Back in the old days (1963 ) when I was the student photog >>> > shooting sports at my college, I preferred the Rollei to the >>> > Leica RF, even though the lens was slower, Because >>> > A. It was easier to focus > >>>>> For me, that is certainly not true. For me it certainly was true, and to a lesser extent, in low light, still is. > >>>> > B. The larger format meant less likelihood of blurring the >>>> > picture at slow shutter speeds from camera movement. > >>> I don't understand how that follows? Yeah, it's one of those things you have to experience to understand. > > > C. You have higher strobe sync speeds, > >>>> That is true, but by virtue of the leaf shutter...which has its downsides >>>> too. I don't see a downside to faster sync speeds shooting from the sidelines on dimly lit football fields in 1963. It made it possible to get the shot at night games. With that bigole Honeywell and TriX, I could stop 'em beyond mid-field. > >>>> > D. And oh yeah, we could see if we were about to be hit by >>>> > several hundred pounds of football players. > ...> Yeah, but you'd run the wrong way ;-) Er . . . my head was not glued to the viewfinder, so I could see them coming at me; besides it only takes a little practice to get used to the reverse image in a TLR, kinda like finding reverse in a VW. >