Yeah I don't really understand sixth grade DOF basics after 30 years of owning an SLR and I always shoot F22 because it's the "best" one! I mean I just love it when I get those highly detailed distracting backgrounds in my portraits. Why do you insist continuing with these absurd comments? Just because I can talk tech doesn't mean I don't understand artistic merits TOO. They may be mutually exclusive for you but not for me.... JCO -----Original Message----- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 4:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: B&W developers and Tri-x ??
----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" Subject: RE: B&W developers and Tri-x ?? > If you read what Bob said, and what I said earlier: there is no > "faster > shutter speed" on some cameras. The Leica is limited to 1/1000 > second, and > numerous Leica shooters prefer not to go there, many of the older > Pentax > bodies are limited in the same or similar manner. The fastest > shutter > speed on any of my cameras is 1/2000 second. TMAX 400 (your chosen > film > for this discussion) gives 1/2000 @ F8.0 or so in bright sunlight. > F8.0 is > not always the ideal aperture. Wider apertures are often preferred > by many > photographers for artistic and creative reasons. I am pretty sure that artistic merit flies right past JC's head. Every discussion I have seen him involved in devolves to pure technical detail. Artistic or creative merits have never, in my memory, been part of any of his postings. William Robb
