Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/28

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Subject: [Leica] Capturing action in the dark.
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:41:15 +0100
References: <CB97FB35.1C334%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Brilliant Mark!!!
FD

On 28 Mar, 2012, at 04:18, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/070327_193021.jpg.html
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/cbqlc4k
> 
> Last week I was talking on the LUG about how now with digital we can 
> capture
> action in the dark. I was called out on it. I think my example I wrote 
> about
> was a guy running down the sidewalk in the dark.
> Well here's a guy going a million miles an hour by me on speed skates.
> It all happened in the blink of an eye. And I got the shot.
> And this was not full frame it was taken with a 1.5 crop D200.
> With a manual focals 45mm 2.8 P lens from Cosina for Nikon. It says Nikon 
> on
> it. P stands for Pancake.
> 1/50 sec at f3.5 and be there at iso 800.
> And is due to the wonders of panning. Its the background which is blurring
> not the guy. I'm always amazed that's so easy to do. Even in the dark
> When I checked the monitor after taking the shot I was not even sure he'd 
> be
> anywhere in the frame. As I missed a few that way.
> 
> -- 
> Mark Rabiner
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/
> 
> 
> 
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