Roger Cole
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Even with f/2 or f/2.8 as a starting aperture, Iso 25 is definitely easy to hand-hold in sunny weather, and still doable in overcast conditions. Sometimes this lets you get the pictures that wouldn't have happened any other way. I am thinking of a lovely shot of my daughter blowing soap bubbles, taken on Spur Orthopan (Iso 20), at f/2 and 1/30 s on a cloudy day. Less wide open and/or with a faster shutter speed, it's simply not the same picture.
+1 (pretty please)
Um, not where I live. I find ISO 100 slide film prohibitive. I found myself last summer trying to shoot it with my 2.8 zoom in deep shade and unable to hand hold.
Bright sun, yeah, sure, but how often do we really shoot in bright sun? Not that often in my case. Even on a sunny day I'm most often shooting in the shade. I shoot Pan F+ (but agree about not killing it, lovely film!) at 64 and develop in Diafine and find that workable, but just.