Re: [Leica] M6 with studio flash try out

["Simon Greenwood" <mail@simon.gs>]

...With the Winder and meter prism...

Luxury, mine was a 501 with waist finder. I looked like Mr Bean trying to
photogragh my sisters children as they raced around the garden, with no
prism....  they ran one way..... and I turned my camera the other, no time
to check the EV, lightmeter swinging around my neck, once those little brats
were in the finder, I just had to hit the button!

Simon G


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 with studio flash try out


> Simon
>
> LOL, nice comment at the end, certainly struck a chord.  I have a few
> cameras that I get out now and then, check the shutter speeds, clean and
> look at for a while!  Just can't bear to part with them.
>
> Your are absolutely correct in that everyone was relaxed when I took the
> pictures, and the children joined in as they knew I was experimenting with
> something new and they wanted to be a part of it.  When I get the 503 out
> they shrink back in horror as they know we are in for some studied and
> serious stuff.  I am trying to use the 503 handheld more, or using the
> remote on the winder.  The latter certainly makes for a more rleaxed
> atmosphere.
>
> That said, I took the 503 away with us last year for a break and used it
as
> I would a 35mm SLR.  With the Winder and meter prism, I found it quite
> effective and got some really superb images, with the potential to use
them
> for web display or 30"x30" prints (should I want to).  35mm does not give
> such latitude of use if big prints are the order of the day.  Anything up
to
> a 12"x8" look great through Leica glass though.
>
> Simon
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Simon Greenwood" <mail@simon.gs>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 with studio flash try out
>
>
> > I sold my Hasselblad because I spent more time on the mechanics of
taking
> a
> > picture than the composition itself. Whilst I had rasor sharp trannies
the
> > pictures were not in themselves as good as those taken with my contax
tvs.
> >
> > A comparison of your excellent mac.com picture with the Hasselblad
> portraits
> > on your own website only confirm this for me.
> >
> > With the M6 the girls cheerfully alowed you to get in close and remained
> > relaxed because even at their age they realised it was not such a
serious
> > shoot, just a bit of fun. I'm willing to bet that you looked a lot more
> > relaxed.
> >
> > My wife hated it when I got out the Hasselblad and my sister knew that
her
> > children would have grown up and had children of their own before I got
> the
> > light reading, focus..etc.right!
> >
> > You have convinced me that I do not need to get another medium format
> camera
> > though naturally enough I will probably buy one, possibly by the end of
> the
> > month, use it solidly for a week, then put it away and get it out
> periodicly
> > to clean and admire.
> >
> > ;.)
> >
> > Simon G
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>
> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 1:43 AM
> > Subject: [Leica] M6 with studio flash try out
> >
> >
> > > 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
>
>
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