On Sun, 24 Oct 2004, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > 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
Why is that? > 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. Absolutely. Is TMAX100 radically different to its 400 namesake? Kostas

