Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: >Couldn't agree more. Use the tools required to achieve the intended purpose >and required quality. To do less would be unprofessional. Strobe "on the >camera" will almost never work, except as "fill," to achieve anything >approaching a >"natural" look. ===================================================================================================================================================================================== Related to this, I finally got a Safe-Synch so I can use one of my custom "wink flashes" with Canon DSLRs. These are cheap Morris manual flashes that I de-powered by putting in a weaker capacitor, thus filling in under office or other room lighting without overpowering it: <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear/WinkFlash1_AMR.jpg.html> I've used these for years with my M's: <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear/WinkFlashGrad_MR.jpg.html> and now can fill in with the Canon 5D MkII: <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Work/Authors_WinkFlash_MR8351.jpg.html> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Work/Kennan_WinkFlash_MR9521.jpg.html> For these two, I taped an 85B filter over the flash to match the existing lights. 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/