Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear B. D. Interesting comment about tripods and "twinky lights." I sometimes use artifical light (not of the "twinky" variety), but like to use a tripod when the subject and cirumstances permit. It allows for careful composition, and above all, a tripod makes for sharp pictures. After all, cameras, lights, and camera stands are all simply tools used in the making of pictures. Takes all kinds of tools to meets the needs of all the photographers. Happy picture taking, Joe Stephenson - -----Original Message----- From: B. D. Colen <BDColen@earthlink.net> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Thursday, November 05, 1998 11:33 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: B&W revisted >my hat is off to anyone >> who can live with slow film. I hate to carry a tripod. >> >> Dave >> >Let me understand something here: it's a sacrilige to say "Leica" and >"flash" in the same breath, but it's acceptable to combine "Leica" and >"tripod" in the same sentence? > >Either both are both functional crutches to be used by photographers who are >occassionally crippled by poor "natural" lighting condtions, or they are >both tools of the devil whose use should make any "real" Leica user shrink >in horror like a vampire in the morning sun. After all, taking a tiny, >quiet, unobstrusive handheld camera and sticking it on the top of three or >four aluminum or wooden legs makes it no less intrusive and clunky than >firing a twinky to light a scene. Just a thought. :-) >