Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]...With the Winder and meter prism... Luxury, mine was a 501 with waist finder. I looked like Mr Bean trying to photogragh my sisters children as they raced around the garden, with no prism.... they ran one way..... and I turned my camera the other, no time to check the EV, lightmeter swinging around my neck, once those little brats were in the finder, I just had to hit the button! Simon G - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:08 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 with studio flash try out > Simon > > LOL, nice comment at the end, certainly struck a chord. I have a few > cameras that I get out now and then, check the shutter speeds, clean and > look at for a while! Just can't bear to part with them. > > Your are absolutely correct in that everyone was relaxed when I took the > pictures, and the children joined in as they knew I was experimenting with > something new and they wanted to be a part of it. When I get the 503 out > they shrink back in horror as they know we are in for some studied and > serious stuff. I am trying to use the 503 handheld more, or using the > remote on the winder. The latter certainly makes for a more rleaxed > atmosphere. > > That said, I took the 503 away with us last year for a break and used it as > I would a 35mm SLR. With the Winder and meter prism, I found it quite > effective and got some really superb images, with the potential to use them > for web display or 30"x30" prints (should I want to). 35mm does not give > such latitude of use if big prints are the order of the day. Anything up to > a 12"x8" look great through Leica glass though. > > Simon > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Simon Greenwood" <mail@simon.gs> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:42 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 with studio flash try out > > > > I sold my Hasselblad because I spent more time on the mechanics of taking > a > > picture than the composition itself. Whilst I had rasor sharp trannies the > > pictures were not in themselves as good as those taken with my contax tvs. > > > > A comparison of your excellent mac.com picture with the Hasselblad > portraits > > on your own website only confirm this for me. > > > > With the M6 the girls cheerfully alowed you to get in close and remained > > relaxed because even at their age they realised it was not such a serious > > shoot, just a bit of fun. I'm willing to bet that you looked a lot more > > relaxed. > > > > My wife hated it when I got out the Hasselblad and my sister knew that her > > children would have grown up and had children of their own before I got > the > > light reading, focus..etc.right! > > > > You have convinced me that I do not need to get another medium format > camera > > though naturally enough I will probably buy one, possibly by the end of > the > > month, use it solidly for a week, then put it away and get it out > periodicly > > to clean and admire. > > > > ;.) > > > > Simon G > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 1:43 AM > > Subject: [Leica] M6 with studio flash try out > > > > > > > Spurred on by an image I saw a while back created by Mark Rabiner with > his > > > M6 using studio flash, I tried using my M6 with some Multiblitz flashes > at > > > the weekend. Here is a resultant image: > > > > > > http://homepage.mac.com/sclamb/PhotoAlbum8.html > > > > > > I have never really considered using the M6 before but, with the results > > > that I achieved, especially using the 90mm APO ASPH (which this image > was > > > taken with), I may start using it a lot more. It is certainly easier to > > > handle that an SLR or the Hasselblad, and the image quality of the > 12"X8" > > > print that I made isn't far short of the quality I get from the > Hasselblad > > > either. > > > > > > Thanks Mark for planting the seed. > > > > > > Simon > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html