Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina Manley offered: Subject: Re: [Leica] Another M9 question > In my situations, I don't use flash because I prefer natural light, but > also > because flash draws attention to me. I'm trying to be invisible. A flash > shouts "HERE I AM!! STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND LOOK AT ME!! > > That's not what I want at all.<<<<<<< Hi Tina, Exactly! We use Leica M's because they're quiet and unobtrusive. The moment you click one off with flash your anonymity is gone. All the images for my medical books are Tri-x @ ASA 800! I shot 500 rolls on "Women in Medicine. A Celebration of Their Work" using 3 M7's and a couple of R8's. Every exposure is "Look through viewfinder and what the camera picked as a shutter speed I went click!" If any have doubts buy the books and see for yourself! Actually you can go to my web site and look at the medical folder. tedgrantphoto.com And see a very small selection. The same for the other medical book "This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler." Only the 3 M cameras were M6. No flash, period. All shot by what you see is what you use! I can't imagine using flash in the OR as every time you click it would be an explosion of flashing light, eventually being thrown out due to being a visual annoyance! I stand by what I've said for years... "If you can see it. You can shoot it!" These two books alone prove my point very effectively. And many on list have purchased copies of both. If you're shooting family happy snaps I don't care if you blast away with a dozen flashes, or set-up strobes on stands using a gazillion watts of light power! I'm talking about recording real life on assignments for a client and or wherever you require to be as invisible as possible. Home happy snaps? Like who cares if you use flash. But you can still shoot the bulk of it without flash... Notice "the bulk of it!" Not all of it! cheers, Dr. ted