Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Paris Rain
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 11:20:51 -0700

Ruralmopics@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Ask any newspaper photographer. Weather shots are routine. When it rains you
> shoot pictures to show it rained. When it snows you shoot pictures to show it
> snows. Hail? Well, you get the idea. Car accidents in the rain? You bet. High
><Snip> Besides, at least the M cameras don't have
> all the electronics that usually cause you the problems in the rain -- though
> now that I think about it, my old Nikon F cameras hated rain. The flash synch
> was always irratic when it rained.
> 
> Anyway, rain? Get over it.
> 
> Bob (rain happens) McEowen

Trouble is you have to show the effect because actually shooting the rain itself
is darn hard. Those drops a falling faster than they seem. A flash stops them!
But then they look like ice!
Mark Rabiner