Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] available light
From: "Steven L. Alexander" <alexpix@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 09:03:32 -0500

>At 12:16 +0200 17/09/98, Martin V. Howard wrote:
>
>>I may be mistaken, but I always thought that the whole point of the
>>M system in the first place was *available* light photography.  I.e.,
>>not to have to set up "sophisticated lighting and filtering techniques",
>>but simply use whatever was available.
>
>The answer to this is something I was told over 30 years ago; Use whatever
is avaible; flash blubs(electronic) posterboard, sheets "tin" foil even
sunlight. As always the object is to create the best image you can given the
situation.  No one wrote rules for Leicas that say "use only on street to
grab moments".

Happy snaps,
Steven Alexander