Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I shot some of these same photos last year with a M7 and Fuji Acros 100 and only a 28mm 2.8 Elmarit. What a mess. I was shooting at f2.8 and down to 1/8 sec and the photos were still underexposed. As this was a guided tour, a tripod would be very inappropriate and too slow. The advantage I had this year was ISO 640 and daylight WB setting. I don't like the photos the M8 produces at ISO 1280, especially if the WB is Tungsten. I still try to keep my shutter speeds above the inverse focal length for hand holding but admit a M camera allows slower speeds. And f1.0 helps here. But if memory serves me right didn't you post a photo in pretty dim light where the image spoke for itself and the quality was immaterial? I think it was at a funeral or something. I'm thinking it was a great photo. Len On Apr 26, 2007, at 12:19 AM, Brian Reid wrote: > Great pictures. When I look at them and compare them to what I've > been able to get with my M8 and my Noctilux, I realize that the > problem might be that I just don't have enough light. I think I've > been fooled by the "Nocti" in its name. > > I'm going to spend a few days using the Noctilux in the daytime, or > at least in places that have brighter illumination, and see what > happens. I've never tried using the Noctilux in a setting where I > could get away with ISO 640 f/1 at 1/45, for example. I've always > used it at the edge, ISO 1280 -2EV f/1 at 1/30 or 1/15. > > Brian Reid > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information