[Leica] S2, Gyro, flash

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Photographer Claes Axst?l is in a  picture of himself holding with huge
gloves on location with an S2 underneath it attached a  Kenyon Stabilizer
KS-6 gyro. Very James Bond very Man from U n c l e which has been picked up
by Leica in its S2 per motions I ran across last night late.
Checking it out I get amongst others:  Airborne flash photography in China.
Shots of jets taken from other jets against a setting sun sky without the
flash the plane would be a silhouette. More than justifying the techniques
which could otherwise be thought of as  real controversial technique.
But he's also shooting down at night at high speed motorboats. Freezing them
with the flash blink which tends to go off much faster than any top shutter
speed. Shooting flash nowadays  because of digital for many things is  seems
to be being phased out but this guy is coming up ways to phase them into
areas they'd not been used before. Its harks back to me  O. Winston Link
shooting trains at night with an original setup of flash bulb guns.
Another equal controversial choice is  his shooting medium format digital in
situations where everyone else is shooting full frame.
But his most important controversial gear technique choose  is the use of
the Leica S2. And you can see how you'd really not want to be using a
digital Hasselblad in these situations the design of the S2 opens this up.
Arial photography.
I wonder what percentage of medium format digital photography is being done
not tethered in the studio?
I'd love to know what flash he's using. I'm thinking my SB-800 might
actually be up to the task of what he's doing. It certainly cost me a bundle
a few years ago but is about the same weight as my camera. And really drags
me down . I'm going to do some pushups and drag it out.

Mark

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Mark William Rabiner
Photography