One year, wide open only

[coelacanth]

Wish I was bold enough to do this. My current style is almost opposite of this: 1600, often shot at F8-11. I might do Wide-Open September or something like that though. I won't last any longer than that.

 

[Keith]

After habitually shooting all my lenses wide open I've eventually come to realise it's a little crazy to do so and it can hinder decent imagery ... so count me out!

 

[ampguy]

going on 2 days:

 

[Krosya]

I have a shutter that goes to 1/8000, but those with legacy cameras might have only 1/1000 or so.

Well Hexar Rf gets you pretty close at 1/4000. Using it with M-Hexanon 50/1.2 wide open is fun.

 

[Krosya]

What about a year of good photos ?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmanuel_smague/4625806585/

Define "good photos" 😉

 

[ampguy]

Yes

Yes

The Hexar RF is a great camera. I really enjoyed the 1/4000 shutter when I had mine.

Well Hexar Rf gets you pretty close at 1/4000. Using it with M-Hexanon 50/1.2 wide open is fun.

 

[jbr]

Wide open

Wide open

My eperiments with old glass are mostly wide open to invoke specifically the optical errors, so I'm automatically in. Currently, I'm playing with a pinhole device, where I only can shoot wide open 😀....

 

[Turtle]

Personally, I cannot imagine much more limiting than this. There would be far too much to miss out on shooting only wide open for me personally. I also dont get the point. Why not select the desired aperture for the look you want? Its not a difficult concept to grasp after all.

 

[robbeiflex]

Personally, I cannot imagine much more limiting than this. There would be far too much to miss out on shooting only wide open for me personally. I also dont get the point. Why not select the desired aperture for the look you want? Its not a difficult concept to grasp after all.

One year always using the best possible aperture for the image at hand. Now there's a challenge, I think you're on to something here! :angel:

 

[porktaco]

people DON'T shoot like this?

 

[ampguy]

well, going on week 2 or so, things are going well, though I did run into a day trip where I succumbed to the desires of the slightly stopped down lens, however these exceptions were noted above, I just didn't expect them to come so soon.

A couple of kits I am using in addition to the M8 are a Fuji F72 EXR p&s which has some different film modes, as well as some downres sensor modes for dynamic range, and low light performance.

With the M8, the summiluxes, canon 28, and modified Jupiter 3 (focuses from .6m to ~2m) are what I'm using for this week. Also, doing a lot of b/w. On to week 3!

 

[dimitris]

I am in for a weekend.

 

[ampguy]

Great!

Great!

I believe doing this for even a day, will make you a better photographer than a "1 camera 1 lens" limitation of any duration.

I am in for a weekend.