Re: [Leica] *&^%$# and flash

[Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>]

Robert Appleby and Susan Darlow wrote:
> 
> Well, everybody says mark is an ace snapper, so I'm sure he knows what he's
> talking about, b><Snip> Flash is beautiful and very useful and
> one of the things that makes me hesitate when considering a full commitment
> to the M series is the awkwardness of using flash with it.
> As for mark, it takes more than my limited insight to know when he's joking
> or not :)
> Rob.
><Snip> 
Nothing remotely awkward about sliding a little flash in the Hotshoe setting
your F stop at F11 your shutter speed at 1/50 or lower and shooting.
Sure you can get fancy with some bracket or bounce but you have to be in the
mood for that. Holding a flash in one hand and a camera in one hand can be
awkward but the flash can just sit there on the hot shoe and it's a no brainer.
Some people think squeezing off half second exposures wide open with no depth of
field and no light awkward. Depends on what your mood is or who's paying.*

Mark
*Lets you feel a little less worried about putting 100 speed film in your
camera, you're not going to get caught.
and that's no yoke!