Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I got my shots from the kids party back, the one where my M6 Normal wasn't waking up the SF20 flash. I didn't mention before that I had taken a number of ambient light pictures of the kids' table before fetching the flash. Surprise, surprise - these are the best shots. It was kinda dark in there - 1/30th at f 1.4 on 100 speed Reala with a 35 Summilux ASPH - but that made for photos that are smooth and creamy, but sharp on the plane. There's no problem with shaded eye sockets, the concern that made me choose the flash. The flash shots, where the SF Dozy had been awake at the decisive moment, are stark, crisp and cold by comparison. I've re-learnt a lesson. Use these mightily expensive lenses the way they were meant to be used. I'm gonna leave the flash alone more often - - save it for the real dark, or when the kids are standing in the shade with a sunlit panorama behind. I Promise. Dyb dyb dyb.... Rick. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html