Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's picture of Week 35
From: "Mārtiņš Zelmenis" <martin@lrpv.lv>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 13:53:10 +0300

Right!
I like taking photos of people in bars - at times using cocktail glasses for
support - and then the blur in the picture 35 shows wide enough aperture is
used - usually the SLRs don't have f1 lenses. So the bokeh they produce
tends to be _sharper_  than the one we see in Nathan's picture.

Martin




>Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>Dan,
>
>You are of course correct in saying that the picture could have been
>taken with a variety of cameras. The only reason I wrote that it was a
>typical Leica picture is that several of the attributes of the Leica M3
>make taking this kind of picture easier than with an SLR:
>
>- - the quiet shutter makes it less likely that people will notice you
>- - the fast lenses with excellent performance at the widest apertures
>    make it possible to refrain from using flash
>- - the absence of a flapping mirror makes it possible to handhold the
>    camera at slow speeds, resulting in a lower probability of camera
>    shake
>- - the very short shutter lag makes it possible to capture the
>    "decisive moment"
>
>Again, all those factors are not strictly necessary to take this
>picture, but they certainly increase the probability of success.
>
>=======================================================================
>
>Very true, Nathan; great shot, by the way!
>
>Folks, I'd advise you NOT to try this with an SLR, even an R8; too
>obtrusive and noisy - the stealth just isn't there! I was once
>embarrassed in a bar, when trying a similar thing using my R8 with 35
>Summicron, without flash but with my elbows resting on a table top for
>stability, when I overheard someone complain to one of the bar staff:
>"Please ask that guy wearing the gas mask to stop making that horrible
>noise with his false teeth!"
>
>Regards and ;-),
>
>=====
>Ray
>
>"The trouble with resisting temptation is
> you never know when you'll get another chance!"
>
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