Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 Montie <montoid at earthlink.net>wrote: >Beautifully framed and toned, especially the first! "A fast lens is your >friend" >Montie ===================================================================================================== You said it! I love wide openings. I figure, if you're going to shoot at f/16, you might as well use a box camera. ;~) I miss the precision focusing of a rangefinder in my job. Even though we have some prime lenses, I find auto focus to be fiddly compared to RF. In the film era at work, especially with Leicas, I used to use as slow a film as possible to make use of optimum f/stops, for example using Panatomic-X for outdoor assignments in sunlight at f/4 and 1/500. With the f/1.2, I can load my M3 with FP4 rated at 80 and be ready day and night, and not have to stop down past f/8. If I ever get a digital M, the faster shutter speeds will be nice. Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer UPAA POY 1978 University Information Technology Services University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt