----- 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
