Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/18

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Minority?
From: Jem Kime <jem.kime@cwcom.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 08:02:41 -0000

Joe,
Are you saying a Takashukashi produces as good results as a Leica? And if 
so, where can I buy one, they don't seem to stock them in England. Is this 
one of the cameras in Mike's test? :-)

Jem

- -----Original Message-----
From:	Joe Codispoti [SMTP:joecodi@thegrid.net]
Sent:	17 January 2000 19:43
To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject:	Re: [Leica] Minority?

I recall attending a photo workshop where the instructor said: "I use
strictly available light" and, as he placed a big honkin flash with power
pack onto the table, he added: "And in most cases this is what's 
available".

I do not believe that flash is preferable to available light nor do I
believe that there is something preferable and glamorous about not using
flash at all. However, I have seen many instances where diehard
existing-light photographers have taken photos in bad light thus producing
bad photographs. I have seen also photographs that said FLASH all over .

Whether with a Leica at f:1.0 or a Takashukashi at f:8.0 some scenes demand
the use of flash - be it fill or full - while others do not require 
anything
more than existing light.

A photographer who refuses to use flash is not necessarily better the one
who avails himself of whatever tools are necessary to produce the best 
photo
possible.

Joseph Codispoti