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Re: [OM] Long Focus vs. Mirror Lens

Subject: Re: [OM] Long Focus vs. Mirror Lens
From: andrew fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 13:44:51 +1100
Hand-held, you've got one stop and two speeds (500/1000) on an OM. Too
tight. The only ways to get flexibility are using a monopod (250 is safe,
125 is risky) and faaaaasst film like 800/1600. Then you can knock it down
with ND filters but if you return to regular lenses you're stuck with
super-fast film on a sunny day :-(
Any way around it's awkward - you aren't going to do any casual shooting
unless conditions are just right and better forget slides.
As to horror bokeh - well, there's always Photoshop!
AndrewF



>Only time I've ever "stopped down" a mirror lens was taking
>pictures of an eclipse.  Otherwise, it's the opposite problem.
>F8 is awefully hard to use and keep your shutter speeds up.
>
>AG
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