Originally posted by p4trick Love what you're doing with these old gems, I'm a little bit jealous of your M*300/4!
I understand. It's THE STAR in M series and I adore it. Ivanvernon was
100% right in his comment when I told I had ordered it. Technically it's a birthday gift from my wife and I love her for it. I only wonder why there isn't more fuss about it on the forum.
And thanks for the compliment. I try to keep it simple. I have noticed that I mostly shoot with F8 and practically never wide open. I try to keep ISO as low as possible. I'm not happy with results above ISO800 on my K30, so I don't shoot above it. When hand held I try to keep shutter speed fast. On shorter focal lengths 1/125 or faster produce good results. With M*300 I try to avoid going under 1/500, because success rate drops below that Shooting short bursts help. Below 1/180 there's just no point to even try.
But I think that a lot of the current results go for the Capture One I bought couple of months ago. I'm still learning it, but it can do wonders to the shots. The middle one from previous post was shot to back light without the flash. I did spend some time adjusting the light and color levels around the picture and made four versions of it until I was satisfied. Programs ability to pull shadows is incredible.