Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 05/31/2001 9:02:18 AM, you wrote: <<>> A 50th of a second sync is fine for them it's not a camera in which >> people who shoot flash at high noon from a distance flock to. > > But the 1/50 sync speed might be the very reason those folks don't flock > to it. I don't know about anyone else but if the speed were higher > (1/250, or even just 1/125), the M6 would be *MUCH* more useful to me and > it would probably be my camera of choice (if I still had it) for most > situations (wedding candids, travel, news, snaps) in bright sunlight. I'm > not saying I'd actually make better photos with it but I'd be alot more > willing to try :) > > --Andrew > NO ARCHIVE > > > Andrew, Gee, I have been using the 1/60 sync speed on my Nikon F3 for years with no trouble for all my magazine work so I do not understand how a higher sync speed on the M6 would be "*MUCH* more useful". I am leaving in a few minutes to go over to National Geographic Television with my F3/SB28 and a 1/60 sync speed to do a photo spread. Just my .03 cents worth. sl>> How do you fill flash someone wearing a ball cap under a high sun? What I do is set my FM2 at 1/250th sec, meter for overall, and set my flash for 1.5 stops less. That situation accounts for an astonishingly large percentage of my photography. Unless I am using a really slow film (almost never), 1/50th doesn't work well, not to mention subject and camera motion problems. Good luck on your photo shoot. Allen Zak