Re: [Leica] New M6 with TTL

[thomas boehm <toboehm@yahoo.com>]

- ---Nathan Wajsman  wrote: I am not sure I agree with this. I do not
use flash on my M6 and have no intention of doing so. Given that, even
a $200 price difference (for the new TTL M6) is too much for me.

hi nathan,
i think, TTL is in first line a good feature for press-photographers. 
i know: the M-camera is really THIS camera for
available-light-photography; and working this way without flash as
well for press-photography has reached a very high standard in the US,
as i can see.
but there are situations for a press photographer, where he doesnt get
the picture he needs without using a flash. and experiments in some of
the really difficult available-light-situations can result in this, 
that the newspaper won't print your pics - because they allways want
"bright, sharp" pictures and not "fine art"; very few daily newspapers
in europe support the beauty of available-light. in the press-crowd,
the big flash on a big camera is the standard.
so, the purism "no flash" is not appropriate for every leica user in
every situation. the TTL is a improvement for the M6, what can be
worth 200 USD. shure: flash-photography is possible also without TTL -
but with TTL, you're faster - and that's a point for
press-photographers; the feature TTL doesnt handicap the "classic" use
of the M6. 
anyway - i agree, that a photographer can not work hard ennough to
improve his available-light-qualities.
regards, thomas



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