Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David One light, a 200 head into an umbrella. Normally I would use an Octobox, a softbox, a snoot etc. but I couldn't be bothered to set it all up and the kiddies were getting bored. It is cheating, but I was trying out a new 180mm f/4 lens I got for my Hasselblad when I remebered about Mark doing sutdio stuff with his M, so I thought I would give it a try. Only had Provia 100F available but seems to look OK converted to b&w. The 90 AA is a stunning lens, easily the par of anything else I have, bar perhaps the 180mm Hasselblad lens. Thanks for the comment. Simon - ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Degner" <leicanews@myrealbox.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 2:37 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 with studio flash try out > Simon > > Nice photo. Soft light, repetition, not quite the normal portrait. Did you > use just one light or what? I always wonder how people set up their > lights. Of course shooting pictures of cute kids is cheating. > This whole semester is studio lighting for me. And of course I'm using my > M6 & M3. > They work remarkably well in the studio environment. When you want to > focus on the eyes it focuses on the eyes. > I have been using the 50 because I don't have a 90 :( but the 50 still > shines in a different way than the nikon and canon stuff the other students > are showing. Of course they do macro shots while I have to stay out. But > the studio is the devil. > > David Degner > > > At 01:43 AM 2/11/2003 +0000, you wrote: > >Spurred on by an image I saw a while back created by Mark Rabiner with his > >M6 using studio flash, I tried using my M6 with some Multiblitz flashes at > >the weekend. Here is a resultant image: > > > >http://homepage.mac.com/sclamb/PhotoAlbum8.html > > > >I have never really considered using the M6 before but, with the results > >that I achieved, especially using the 90mm APO ASPH (which this image was > >taken with), I may start using it a lot more. It is certainly easier to > >handle that an SLR or the Hasselblad, and the image quality of the 12"X8" > >print that I made isn't far short of the quality I get from the Hasselblad > >either. > > > >Thanks Mark for planting the seed. > > > >Simon - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html