Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Once again I seem to be doing things back asswards. Brian Bower in his book, Leica M Photography, says the Leica M is NOT the camera to use in the studio. While I don’t disagree with his main idea that the Leica M is best suited for hand held general photography within the range of 28mm to 135mm, I still find a great amount of enjoyment using my Leica M4-P with my Norman studio strobe unit. Currently, I’m using the M4-P with a 50mm Summicron, and getting great results from my home studio images lighted through a white umbrella. I’m using Fujichrome ASTIA, and this film with the above equipment equals very enjoyable images. I do images of my wife dressed in leather, tattoos, and other odd stuff, and I find the idea of using an M4-P to do fetish images very exciting. I guess my point is that I disagree with Brian Bower when he says that the Leica M isn’t really made to do studio work. My experience has convinced me that my Leica M is fun to use in the studio. You could almost say that I have a fetish for using the Leica M in the studio! Bob Gabriel