Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUGs Earlier in the week I had to do a group photo of local elected officials. So I packed up the R8 and a couple of lenses, charged up the Quantum, and made sure the 40MZ-2 fired. Then as the subjects were being arranged and I was preparing to photograph, my decrepit mind drew a complete blank on body and flash settings to have the R8 metering system do the thinking for me. The camera didn't set itself at 1/250th, and I could tell from the sound of the shutter at the first frame that I had really fouled up. Switching everything over to manual (1/60 at f/5.6 with flash going into a bounce card ) for the remainder of the frames saved the day. The experience was a reminder to RTFM - the acronym is one which other computer specialists will recognize: "Read The Fine Manual." That's exactly what I did when I got home so that I refreshed myself on what dial gets put where. The experience also reminded me why I really prefer candid work under available light with an M body! Roy