Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Just for the hell of it - a trip to Venice & Florence
From: Christer Almqvist <christer@almqvist.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 18:20:57 +0100

>>When taking photos in churches and museums, I had a lot of trouble
>from flare in the rangefinder patch of the M6. When photographing in
>churches and museums without a tripod, there is often very little
>choice of camera position if one is to fill the frame and avoid
>background clutter, lights and unwanted reflections. Several times I
>had to abandon attempts to take a photo because the rangefinder patch
>was unusable.
>
Abandon? Be a little enterprising. Risk a frame or two, it'll set ya back a
dime, no more. (I won't figure out this as a percentage of the cost of your
equipment or the trip.) However, chances are you may get a real good photo
from time to time with the light coming from somewhere else than from
behind your back. Shoot man, shoot