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Subject: [Leica] How low can you go?
From: richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man)
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:15:48 -0800
References: <888414.30631.qm@web26701.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <92482FBA-E04B-4763-8913-A9710AD33EB2@frozenlight.eu>

*Could be* the difference between the mechanism to actuate the
vertical focal plane shutter vs. the cloth horizontal shutter.

I don't do lower than 1/15th though. Too much caffeine in my vein :-)

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:09 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
wrote:
> Nice Peter, but I am not sure I understand why it would be more difficult 
> to manage slow speeds with the M8 than with a film M. To me, it is the 
> same. The ergonomics of taking a picture are the same with the two kinds 
> of Ms (that's why many of us like the M8/M9 so much, after all).
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
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> On Jan 29, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Peter Cheyne wrote:
>
>> I do enjoy shooting handheld, wide open in low light. ?With film Ms I 
>> often shoot at 1/15th or 1/10th, but I was finding those lower speeds 
>> quite difficult with the M8. ?Today I practised my handholding, focus, 
>> breathing, squeezing, and managed to get 1/8th out of it. ?It's harder 
>> with an M8, but possible.
>>
>> TV Dinner
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4312219026/sizes/o/
>>
>> Peter Cheyne
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com) ([Leica] How low can you go?)
In reply to: Message from geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk (Peter Cheyne) ([Leica] How low can you go?)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] How low can you go?)