Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Who is the guy who jumps up in front of people with a strobe? With a laser dot on the clothes you may get similar expressions :) Ken On 12/20/2015 9:54 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > Thanks, Frank. I was using AF with the SL. It used the laser beam to > focus and I got some startled looks. Because it was so dark in the bar, > the beam was very noticeable. One guy came over to admire my camera and > asked how to pronounce Leica. > > Tina > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> > wrote: > >> Sure was a dark bar... Personally I like the shot of Tom and the >> owner..... >> >> Some of the intimidation factor comes from the big lenses on SLRs. The >> 24-90 on the SL is no different. >> Some comes from the big camera. ( I do not think the SL is big enough to >> cause this) >> Some comes from the combination of both..... >> >> Wait till there is a non-zoom AF lens, and try again.... I'll bet you get >> different results..... >> >> Were you manually focusing the SL or allowing it to AF? >> >> Frank Filippone >> Red735i at verizon.net >> >> Thanks, Gerry. Yes, the baby powder is for putting on your hands so they >> don't stick to the pool cue. Taking both cameras was an experiment on my >> part to see which one handled the almost no light in the bar best. I knew >> it was going to be dim. My conclusions are that the SL is much easier to >> focus but the MM is much less noticeable - about what I expected. I think >> I would have to take 10x as many photos with the MM to get the same number >> in focus that I did with the SL, but it's probably worth it for discretion >> - even though nobody objected to being photographed with either. >> >> Tina >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >