Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]astonishing quality! but i think you've only proved that "Stephanie's shoulder" makes a fine tripod. :-) is this her? http://www.webcom.com/alexey/images/steff2.JPG - -rei > From: "Alexey J. Merz" <Alexey.Merz@dartmouth.edu> > > There has been some discussion here recently of difficulties > photographing in France, with and without tripods. Thought I'd share > some experiences. First, I've had no problems whatsoever, street > shooting or otherwise -- NONE of the problems reported by others on the > list. That said, I have avoided trying to take a tripod into interior > locations. Fact is though, tripods are often not needed if one is > shooting an M with fast optics. > > A case in point: St. Chapelle. The image that is linked to below was > shot with an M6 HM and 35/1.4 ASPH, wide open at 1/15th on Kodachrome > 64 -- HAND-HELD, using Stephanie's shoulder as a support. The link will > download an image of about 400 kB: > > http://www.webcom.com/alexey/images/chapelledet.jpg > > The top image shows about 90% of the frame. If your monitor is set to 80 > dpi this is roughly a 6X enlargement. The following three images > correspond to the three grey rectangles in the 6X image. Each of these > insets in enlarged another 10X, yielding a ~60 X final enlargement. > > The jpegs shown don't do full justice to the transparency. I have 20 X > 24 optical enlargements of this image on Fuji Crystal Archive, and these > enlargements reveal even better microcontrast/fine detail than do the > scans (Polaroid SS4000). > > I conclude that a bit of trial and error (do I even have to say that > many images taken under comparable conditions have more motion blur?), > combined with wide, fast modern Leica glass and slow film, can often > eliminate the need for a tripod. > > Cheers, > > Alexey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html