Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/15
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Oh, absolutely, it's so easy to move around quietly and unobtrusively with
your camera on a tripod. Isn't that how HCB and Salgado have gotten some of
their best stuff? Tina, isn't that your solution for shooting in near dark
in mud-floored shacks in Central America?;-)
B. D.
- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of
Krechtz@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 4:26 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Noctilux vs. Summicron
In a message dated 11/15/00 1:44:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
sdmp007@pressroom.com writes:
<< Since you requested it, I sold my Noctilux because to was too heavy. In
use, I found the lowest I could go with the Noctilux was a 1/15 @ f/1 and
get good and repeatable results.
However, with with a Summilux, I got the same repeatablity of results
at
1/8 @ f/1.4. >>
Maybe a carbon fibre tripod with magnesium ball head would have been just
the
ticket.
Joe Sobel