Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't think anyone on the LUG actually believes it is "wrong" in the moral or technical sense to plant a Leica on a tripod or a flash on a Leica. There are some images which can only be got with aritificial lighting, even with a Leica, and it is certainly a fact that some form of mechanical camera support, when feasible, always improves image sharpness if even to a minute degree. An advantage to the Leica is that tripods and flash are *options* with many types of shots where they would be necessities with some other camera types which do not have the level of high-quality fast lenses and vibration-nil bodies as Leica do. Some photographers consider the Leica a special-purpose tool and only use it with ambient light and handheld. Others, such as myself, consider it multi-purpose to the point of pushing the Leica to the edge of its limitations and sometimes beyond. To me the SLR is a specialist camera, for use with long, fast AF lenses, for sports and wildlife. I rarely use the Leica for candid portraiture in low light. Most of my indoor shots are such that I need maximum DOF which means a tripod or flash or both. I do also use the Leica frequently for landscape scenics, even to the point of attaching graduated ND filters if necessary, and a tripod (albeit a thankfully lightweight Gitzo 026) is de rigeur for me. To each his own. I daresay Leica would not have placed a tripod bush nor a flash contact if they intended these never to be used. Regards, Nigel On Fri, 6 Nov 1998 12:45:41 -0700 Bob_Maxey@mtn.3com.com writes: >I think anyone who thinks that using flash and tripods is somehow >wrong, >needs to actually learn about photography and get some photographic >help. >When I see comments like that, I know the person DON'T KNOW SQUAT and >does >not deserve a Leica. In fact, probably does not even know a leica and >is >just a photo wannabe. > >RM > > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]