Re: [Leica] Distracting diodes

[Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>]

Neil Frankish wrote:
> 
> Last night I took my M and a roll of TMZ3200 to an amateur theatre
> production in which a friend was performing. The theatre is very small, and
> I wanted to be at the front to get unobstructed photos. This meant I was
> almost on the stage myself! (I used a 50 summicron although at times I
> needed my 28) Despite the M's legendary quiet shutter, I was a little
> concerned that the noise would be distracting (it seemed very loud to my
> ears) and voiced my concerns at the end of the performance. You might
> imagine my surprise at the comment that it was the little red light that
> kept catching my actress friends eye!
> 
> I made a test at home and sure enough you can see a reflection of the
> diodes through the viewfinder (though she must have the eyes of a hawk). In
> the blackness of the audience, it was enough to be noticed. Maybe next time
> I'll take out the battery. Anybody else noticed this?
> 
> Neil.

Except that you'd be doing more fiddling around upstaging her with a
separate meter. If you were shooting video (which actors love and never
complain about) you would have one heck of a red light for them to
notice and not care about.
Mark Rabiner