Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/01

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Subject: RE: [Leica] A Red Dot story
From: henry <henry@henryambrose.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 16:28:31 -0500

>As I think all those following this thread knows, I am the one that started
>the thread on higher flash sync and one of the louder requesters of this
>feature.
>
>For the record, I am new to shooting with the M6, but since I have had the
>camera (four weeks now), I have not had the desire to touch my Nikon F5.  I
>only have the desire to learn to shoot with the Leica.  I fully understand
>that things I had done in the past will other types of camera have to be
>done differently, if at all.  
The next time you think you HAVE TO HAVE that whiz-bang feature try it 
with your Leica first. I thought the same as you until I tried it. 
Surprise! Old manual methods still work.

Need a little fill outdoors? Put some slow film in the back and a 2 stop 
ND filter on the lens. You're under 1/50th now. Make your picture. (You 
gotta do a little math unless you own a TTL camera)

If you must keep 800 speed color neg in your camera I guess you are in 
trouble.
But, if you really NEED to make that fill flash picture isn't changing 
film pretty easy?

Whats easier and cheaper, paying for and carrying a complete F5 outfit or 
changing a roll of film?
>
>I would like to have a higher shutter release on the M6, 
That would be called a "Softie" several of the LUG dealers have them.
>but the thing that
>is the most difficult to get use to NOT having when doing street photography
>is the shifting of the lens and film plane.  Doing street photography with a
>Leica is TOTALLY different then what I had done in the past with a LF Field
>camera!
>
>Sam

Henry