[Leica] Re: Why is the lowest shutter speed on a Leica M6 1/1000?

[Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>]

A three stop or six stop ND filter works. Use a B+W or Heliopan .9 or 1.8 
ND filter.

Jim

At 08:34 AM 10/3/2001 -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
>Hi Muhammad,
>
>Just curious ... why not use a slower film for daylight shots?  I was
>a big user of TX, and, while I still use it a lot, I've started using
>a lot more 100 speed film as well.  Getting some of that back ground
>out of focus and a bit softer is sometimes a very desirable, as you
>noted.
>
>AppleMac97@aol.com wrote:
>
> > I shoot a lot of TriX and TMax 400
> > in daylight, and also color films of
> > similar or higher ISO.  With the M6,
> > I am often forced to shoot at f16 and
> > 1/1000, when I would really like to
> > shoot at say f2 or f4.  I like the
> > shallow depth of field of those large
> > apertures.
>
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>Shel Belinkoff
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