Leica X-Vario in AV mode. 1/20th sec F/6.4 @ ISO 800. Focal length at 70mm equiv I’ve been in Tokyo for a week but I’ve only just started taking pictures with the Leica X-Vario. I was sick before I left Vancouver and I was sick when I landed, and I’ve been sick all week. I’m only now starting to feel a bit better so it’s time to get shooting. The first thing I wanted to test was night shooting with the X-Vario. So many complain that with such a small aperture and no optical or sensor based image stabilization, shooting at night would be next to impossible. I didn’t agree so I thought I would give it a try. As you can see by my caption, not only did I shoot zoomed out to 70mm equiv (which creates a maximum aperture of f/6.4!!), I shot at a reasonable ISO 800 and handheld the shot at 1/20th of a second. I exhaled slowly, secured my stance and slowly squeezed the shutter button. Sure it’s not pin sharp, and yes I only shot jpeg, but I was able to autofocus just fine and I think I captured
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