Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I usta carry a small beanbag around with me when I was shooting interiors like that. http://www.sonc.com/german_tour_95/target42.html On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net>wrote: > I was inside Hearst Castle. Christmas decorations all over the main > rooms...... Light streaming in, but the rooms are huge... and the windows > pretty small. > > I used the 21 ASPH Elmarit-M.... and at F2.8, color, ASA 400 ( film..... > no > M8 here), I needed 1/4 of a second. I took the shot ( if you don't, you > KNOW it will not come out...). Negs await processing. > > But I sure would have liked to use the 21 ASPH F1.4......... That would > have gotten me to 1/15 of a second..... a LOT easier to hand hold...... > > If I had been traveling with ASA800 film, I would have picked up 1 > stop......but I wasn't...... No flash allowed, ditto the monopod/tripod > thingie...... > > But for that once in a blue moon, I don't have an additional $5K for a > lens......never mind the additional weight....... > Put another one on my lust list...... > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA