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Subject: [Leica] OT: Flash for the SWC?
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:05:28 -0700
References: <CAF8hL-E9=zUy2x22_JwSzAqtkAwN_uR4P8CK5PtWFdF6XBEsgg@mail.gmail.com> <CBAE9770.1D0E6%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Thanks Mark! I have never done such a thing - F11 and generally what
shutter speed??

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at 
rabinergroup.com>wrote:

> A compromise may be to find a flash gun which looks like a flash on a speed
> graphic that has been converted to strobe.
> If you cant find that use a potatoes masher style strobe.
> Those are quite quaint and easy to find. And powerful as hell. You'll be
> able to shoot f11 20 feet away and nothing will be out of focus. And if you
> bounce it off the ceiling and you wont have only one distance point exposed
> right. As the whole room gets lit up with out tunnel effect.
>
> - - from my iRabs.
> Mark Rabiner
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/
>
>
> > From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:50:07 -0700
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Flash for the SWC?
> >
> > I'm shooting a Titanic costumer event tomorrow. Too late to try to use
> > something new of course so I'll be using the M9 and thw SWC without
> flash,
> > but the idea of using "gas filled flash bulbs" sounds just about perfect
> > for a Titanic event!
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Richard,
> >>
> >> Trying to recall from the past, X is normally for exectronic flash (zero
> >> delay), M is for gas-filled flash bulbs, and V is a puzzle.  It could
> >> relate to variable delay for wire-filled flash bulbs.
> >>
> >> Jim Nichols
> >> Tullahoma, TN USA
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Man" <
> >> richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> >> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 1:32 AM
> >> Subject: [Leica] OT: Flash for the SWC?
> >>
> >>
> >>  I am thinking about somehow hooking up a small flash to the SWC for
> some
> >>> indoor shots. (yes, I know flash is death) what kind of flash would
> work?
> >>> I
> >>> guess I will need to hook it up to the flash sync socket on the lens -
> >>> presumably setting the tab at X (for X-sync?) - what do V and M mean
> >>> anyway... So many questions :-)
> >>>
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// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>


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