Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote: >All I'm trying to communicate is >that with that mirror slap and light trap >my C and CM did not make best use of the glass >at a 1/30th, 1/60th or even 1/125th >and held. ========================================================================= I'll never forget a public dialog with Gene Smith in 1976 (were you there, George?), where, in a quiet meeting room, with everyone hushed to listen to the soft-spoken Mr. Smith, a big guy in the front row would periodically stand up and fire off a picture with a motorized Hasselblad. "Ka-chunk...zzziiipp". Not that I could remain unobtrusive. I had a Colortran light bounced off the ceiling to raise the light level on the panel, and part way through a fly decided to immolate himself on the quartz tube. Somehow, everyone seemed to notice the column of smoke rising from the unit. ;~) Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer UPAA POY 1978 University Information Technology Services University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/