Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Personal preferences are valid where people like to work only with available light of course. I see no reason to limit your options when using the M cameras personally. The lenses are wonderful after all. I'm not inhibited from stopping down either. Wireless control makes the Leica cameras perfectly viable in a studio environment. I would never like to be tied to a synch cable. The Thumbs Up is a different situation of course. The camera was never planned for that. I just slip mine out of the hot shoe when needed. http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/149597285 Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 14 October 2013 09:19, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: > There has always been an attitude on the part of many, not generally held > by working pros, that flash is not to be ever ever ever used with a Leica. > Well, not as a needless crutch, but still, I can have it's place, but I > think that attitude is responsible for the lack of PC connections on modern > Leicas and hotshoes on thumbs up. > > -----Original Message----- From: Herbert Kanner > Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 4:12 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Thumbs up > > > "But I consider flash the work of the devil so it is no problem for me." > > Fully agree, with one exception. I once used bounce flash, aimed > essentially at the ceiling, in a room with white walls and ceiling and > Kodachrome in my M6 (about which I've got to get off my lazy butt and > sell). This would still be valid today with the added degree of freedom > that LR and it's relatives would permit the use of non-white walls. > > > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > > > > On Oct 12, 2013, at 11:04 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > I think my Leica grip makes the M8 perfectly handholdable. Without it, I >> found it awkward and slippery. With the Fuji X-Pro 1 there is a similar >> problem: it is not easy to handle it with one hand, and to make it worse >> there are all those little buttons to press by accident. >> >> This week I took delivery of the Thumbs-Up for the Fuji, bought directly >> from Tim Isaac. It is awesome! It has made my Fuji just as easy to handle >> with one hand as my M8. >> >> Caveats: >> >> - if you are a lefty, I guess it will not work for you >> - if you use flash, it will not work for you either since the thingie >> occupies the flash slot. But I consider flash the work of the devil so it >> is no problem for me. >> >> Highly recommended. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: >> http://nathansmusings.**wordpress.com/<http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information >