Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One thing I can say about the great photojournalists of yesteryear -- whether they were shooting Leicas, Contaxes or Whatchamacalits -- they were certainly not shooting EI 1600 film. I'm old enough to recall when High Speed Ektachrome at ASA160 was a mixed blessing. If you were a dog desperate for breakfast, there was always GAF500. So when I read here that people dismiss a piece of gear because they can't use it past EI 800 (Gawd, I'd rather eat worms than shoot at 800), I don't know whether to laugh or cry. What, is there less light today than when Smith did Minamata (don't start up on that one please)? Are lenses today slower than Salomon's Ermanox? Or are we merely indulging in too much Lagavulin, ladies and gentlemen, to hold our do-everything Gizmoflexes steady anymore? Do tell! Emanuel