Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:19 AM 2/6/2006, you wrote: >Doesn't the clackety-clunk of the digital SLR do just that? Or the fact that >you are clearly from another country, by dress & appearance & comportment? > >Emanuel Actually, the digital SLR is almost as quiet as the Leica M, which I used for 20 years. (All of the photos on my web site are made with the Leica M, by the way.) If you time the release for when something else is going on, it's not noticeable at all. I spend a week with the families, usually sitting quietly in a corner. I don't do anything to draw attention to myself. At first they are self-conscious but they gradually go on about their work and literally forget that I'm there. When I've given them the photos later, they always comment that they had no idea I was taking photos at the time. The photos that I have when people are looking directly at the camera are usually made the first day that I'm there. I also take one posed family portrait that I give to each family. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com