Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark_Bishop@ipc.co.uk wrote: > > I myself prefer to > avoid using a tripod, almost at all costs, with my M6. > > I believe that the genius of the Leica rangefinder is its ability to capture > reality as it is, without intruding upon or changing it. To put up a tripod is > often to change and interrupt a scene; even where people are not present, the > perfect grainlessless, clarity and full depth-of-field of a low-light tripod > shot is out of keeping with how the human eye sees it. I suppose that's one way to look at it. But really, a tripod is a light extender. I use one all the time to get pictures in darkness at slow shutter speeds where there is no other alternative except for flash. And talk about changing a scene. I never use flash when I can avoid it. A camera, whether a Leica or a Diana, is just a tool. Nothing more. Use tools to realize the vision you have. The tripod poll may be over, but for what it's worth, I use Gitzos -- a 100 series that is light to pack and will go in a suitcase, and a heavier 200 series when more stability is required. I highly recommend them. The Mountaineer composite is great too. And so is the Leitz table pod. Bill Welch