[Leica] S2, Gyro, flash

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Yep a few decimal points hotter than a SB-800. And ten times bigger. But
still hand hold able would be the point.
Does it say what the flash is? As in who makes it? And who duck taped two of
them together so cleverly? Kind of like motorcycles nowadays.

Mark

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Mark William Rabiner



> From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 23:17:46 +0000
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] S2, Gyro, flash
> 
> Certainly look to be rather bright lights!
> 
> http://www.axstalphoto.com/SimpleViewer_v17/index.php?album=X_BEHIND_the_SCENE
> &PHPSESSID=nma97a9i71hc9mt0p9odfriu96
> 
> john
> ________________________________________
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
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