Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/13
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At 7:45 PM -0500 1/13/02, Tina Manley wrote:
>At 03:41 PM 1/13/02 -0800, you wrote:
>>But I always try to make a shot with the light illuminating the subject
>>before I use flash and if in doubt, out comes a flash, now I have the SF20
>>that I've played with a bit, but it's still basically unused! :-) But some
>>day. ;-)
>>ted
>>
>>Ted Grant Photography Limited
>>www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
>
>
>Ted -
>
>I agree 100%; however, (don't you hate "howevers"!) it depends
>entirely the purpose of your photographs. Try an experiment. Load
>one camera with Tri-X or TMax 400 and put the Noctilux on it. Load
>the other camera with Provia 100, a slow lens, and the SF20. Take
>photos of the same subject - your grandkids playing inside with very
>little natural light. Use an index card or handkerchief to soften
>the SF20. Take a roll of photos with each.
>
>If these are photos that you are trying to sell to a mother or stock
>agency, I'll guarantee that you'll have more "keepers" with the
>SF20. If they are photos that you want to enter in a Family of Man
>exhibit or blow up 10X to put in a fine-art gallery, the
>natural-light ones will win every time.
>
>For everything there is a time and purpose (I think I read that somewhere.)
>
>Tina
Bravo Tina,
You've spoken on my behalf very well :-)!
Each of these techniques has their uses; you just have to be clear on
what you are aiming for.
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