Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have shot with the m9 with studio flash. It works fine. Unfortunately, it doesn't support tethering so mostly I use the e3 for that need. On Jun 15, 2011 6:04 PM, "Philip Forrest" <photo.forrest at earthlink.net> wrote: > Platon does it in the studio. 2 M6 bodies and if he has his assistants > along a Hassy with a bunch of backs. > Back in 2008 he photographed a bunch of Philly veterans for the New > Yorker. I was one of them. Got to talk with him and his 1st assistant > about photography. That's his standard kit. > > Phil Forrest > > > On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:49:11 -0400 > Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >> Well you can use the M6 for general commercial photography and I >> have. But its first job it street photography. >> I've shot hundreds of rolls in the studio with white seamless and a >> 90 with one. And I'm sure I'm not the only ever who has done this I >> just cant NAME a person who has. Its far from the obvious choice but >> it did work out for me for that effect anyway. I liked watching the >> flash go off in my viewfinder for a change but smaller frame lines >> make it a less of a choice. And bottom line I'm shooting with a 90 >> APO ASPH instead of a 105 2.5 Nikkor. And the obvious smarter choice >> would have been to use the 90 APO ASPH on an R. Its really way more >> of a street camera than it is a fashion catalog camera (like the S2) >> or portrait studio camera. >> >> Underwater camera? No clue. >> Space camera? Don't think so. >> >> Mark >> >> -------------------- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> mark at rabinergroup.com >> Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb >> >> >> >> >> > From: Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> >> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> > Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:28:44 +0100 (BST) >> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Another R option (now M9) >> > >> > Some people used it as a street camera with B&W but it was much >> > more than that, >> > and I would be -very- surprised if it was the first job by any >> > means. FD >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ---- >> > From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> > Sent: Wednesday, 15 June, 2011 13:23:53 >> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Another R option (now M9) >> > >> > John the M's first job is a street camera. A photo journalism >> > camera. And that work had been done with tri x or Neopan 1600 in >> > black and white. If for some reason the M6 could not have gone over >> > iso 200 it would have been dead in the water before it ever got off >> > the ground. Now digitally the anti has been upped a bit from that. >> > >> > Mark >> > >> > -------------------- >> > Mark William Rabiner >> > >> > >> >> From: John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz> >> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> >> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:51:58 +1200 >> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Another R option (now M9) >> >> >> >> Ditto, if the M9 had comparable IQ to Canikon I would not have >> >> spent the extra to buy it. I suspect that I am not alone in not >> >> caring about high ISO usage, I rarely went over 200asa (Tri-X) on >> >> film so 640/800 in the M9 is fine. >> >> >> >> john >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information