Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B. D. Colen said : > If you're shooting in a dark setting in which there are highlights - say >in a room with candle light, there's usually plenty of light on the subject >- > maybe a face - to shoot at 800, maybe 1600 - at a 1.4 at 1/15th, maybe > 1.4. Obviously it's advantageous to shoot at f 1 because you can up the > shutter > speed.<<< It's a compromise. You gain shutter speed by shooting at f1, but the DOF becomes more shallow, so you may still end up with a soft picture. When I had my Noct, I often took subject distance in to consideration, when having to choose between the two. Trying to track a moving subject at f1, and below 5 meters, is next to impossible. The DOF at f1 is about a half inch. feli --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feli di Giorgio feli2@earthlink.net www.elanphotos.com