Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alan, Your modified flash certainly does a nice job. And the recharge time means you don't have to worry about it being ready for the next shot. Nice work! Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Magayne-Roshak" <amr3 at uwm.edu> To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 11:14 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Another M9 question - Flash on the Shadow Side > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >