Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I posted about learning to drink Lagavulin and got 15-20 responses, and I posted about the problems of focussing the Noctilux and 75 Summilux in low light and got 1 response which was jocular not informative. I suppose someone will say, "Yup this is the LUG." So here's the Noctilux/Summilux focussing question again: - --------------- Last night I tried to take portraits of three young women using the Noctilux and the 75 Summilux on my M6 in low light which, with 400 ISO film, required exposures of 1/15 sec. at f1.4 and 1/30 sec at f1.0. Trying to focus on the eyes, I found it extremely difficult: the low light and the relative large turning circle of the focussing ring of these two lenses made it extremely difficult to tell when the eyes were in focus. I also tried using the 1.25x magnifier but this did not seem to make it any easier as it slightly darkens the viewfinder image. I get the feeling focussing the M6 in such low light at the extremely narrow DOF of the 1.0-14 apertures of these lenses is a hit or miss process. Is there a solution to this problem other than rating the film at 800 ISO and shooting at, say, f2.0 to increase the DOF? ...and for Ted Grant: I wasn't drinking the Lagavulin, so that was not the problem. - ------------- - --Mitch/Bangkok - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html