Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/09

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: Re: [Leica] JG & Ted - flash & M6
From: Mark Walberg <Walberg@simmons.swmed.edu>
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 18:24:07 -0600

So JG, I think Ted and others are suggesting that maybe an SLR with better
flash control and metering might be better than a Leica for the kind of
work you are talking about.  So, maybe you could enlighten us as to why you
think a Leica is best for this kind of work.  Maybe I'm missing something,
but it sounds like much of the examples you describe could be handled very
well with an N90 or an F5.
   Oh, and by the way, is there any way you could turn off all those lines
of winmail stuff at the bottom of all of your posts??  Thanks.
- -Mark Walberg

JG said:
>Ted,
>
>Where are you coming from with these broad statements, these grand
>philosophical generalizations?
>
............snip........ Speaking in
>photojourn terms, in which a great many assignments are inside, lit by
>fluorescence, or tungsten, or even a variety of both, a good bounce of
>strobe is necessary since you are not dealing with any aesthetic qualities
>but a bland broad coating of dull light. Offices, houses, gyms, are not lit
>like in the old days, and half the time a shooter is forced to go in under
>short time requirements, grab a shot, get out. ......snip....
> But for most jobs, even the PR jobs I'm assigned, you gotta get
>in, get out.