Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i love sf20 but can not use it as F8 in door. even at f5.6, i need to be close to the subject >From: "Robert Rose" <rjr@usip.com> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: [Leica] on camera flash >Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 16:31:17 -0800 > >When I use flash: >took M to shoot candids at a Klezmer concert. Audience got up and >started dancing. The exposure was f/2 @ 1/30 on ISO 800 rated at 640. >The SF20 let me use a smaller f/stop so that I had more depth of focus; >still got plenty of ambient lighting so it didn't look "flashy." I was >still panning as they did the hora, but at f/2 I would not have gotten >anything in focus. > >obligatory shot at dark restaurant by waiter. Ambient exposure f/2 at >1/30. Even if you focus for him/her, they never get you in focus. >Stick on SF20, set to 5.6; even 2.8; gives higher chance of success. > >overhead flourescent lights. This is hard to white balance. With SF20 >the main area can be color balanced. > >New Year's eve. Ambient exposure probably around f/1 @ 1/15 and I >don't have a Noctilux. People too smashed to care about flash anyway. > >Yes, the R8 would have been better in each case, but it is much >heavier. > >Bob Rose >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html