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Hi, I wonder if any lighting experts know what I should expect here? The Godox/Wistra manual says I should expect 1/220 to 1/11300 seconds, the Nissan instruction brochure I have seems silent on the matter. The background is I want to freeze action in the studio and my studio lights are cheap (ie slow flash) Elinchroms. Camera is Leica so no HSS available. Thanks in advance.

I have both cameras and like them both a lot . I had the sensor replaced at the beginning of this year for free while Leica were doing other work to it. The SL works in low light in which circumstances the M9 struggles. I think the SL really comes into its own with the 24-90. They're a match made in heaven, or maybe Wetzlar. But the M9 does give you that rangefinder experience - nothing like it!

Does it need to be new? I bought a 2.8 Summaron for about that much recently. It's lovely and I have the feeling most Leica lenses, while not an investment, don't lose much money.

Thanks for that Joe. I was aware of it and actually do make some allowances (ie in what I rate as mid tone, which isn't what I would rate as mid tone for film). You'll see I do a lot of shooting into the light in the pictures I have already uploaded to this site. I'm not sure about 'getting the highlights under control' and ETTR though if it is to be a portmanteau rule. The photographer still has to find a balance and there are still decisions to be made. According to DXO the camera has almost 15 stops of dynamic range - but I'm not in the least convinced all of that is useful. It's a point well made, could be an interesting debate and I am very grateful to you for bringing it up.

Yes that AE lock thing works. Thank you both very much for replying. By the way Matthew, you are not at the other end of the photo spectrum - I have a Brownie on a shelf here. Now that's the other end of the spectrum.

Hi I have a question about the d810 and light metering which I hope won't try the patience of absolute Nikon d810 experts! I come from a background of using spot meters and film cameras, so one thing which wore out my patience a little bit with the modern digital camera was the approach to metering - essentially, I would like to choose what is the mid tone I require in a picture, get a reading off that, reframe and then take the picture. Of course it is possible to do that using the camera in a Manual mode and that worked pretty well for me, until I discovered Auto ISO. I've got to admit I love auto ISO. It's so fast! Of course, using Auto ISO means you're not fully manual and so therefore the metering is done after you've framed the picture. Hmmm. I expect most photogs use back button focussing on the d810 - I do. It's great. Find the thing you definitely want to get in focus, focus, take your thumb off the button, then reframe. I love it. What I'd really like to do is the same thing with metering... find the thing I think is the mid-tone (or choose it by whatever method you will) Take your finger off (whatever button you used to set the auto ISO) reframe, then shoot. Is there any way of achieving this? I know I can do it by using the camera in Manual, but there are so many circumstances in which the auto ISO is better than fumbling with buttons. Thanks for reading and if any more experienced Nikon guy or gal can suggest a solution, I'd be grateful

i wonder if i can tack on a polariser question? i find it incredibly difficult to find the dark spot on circular polarisers. Im using a D810 with a nisi polariser, often to reproduce paintings. i know it works (I can turn it to black out the tv screen) but presented with a painting or a simple shiny surface, i find the circular polariser verydifficult to use. my old linear polarisers used to have a remarkablyclear cut off point. anyone else have this issue? apologies for orthography, im writing on an iphone

<p>I have an f1.4 G but I don't like the bokeh (not sure how to describe it - I'm no expert on that) and would have been happier, I think, with a plain old f1.8 G. I think the Nikon f1.8 G is massively underrated - it doesn't cost enough to satisfy some people!</p>