Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Greets, I rarely shoot with my little flash, but I never rule it out either. I had half a roll of Tri-X exposed at 400 in my camera and later in a low-light situation didn't want to replace it, so flash it was! I've put a slide-show of some of the results here: http://home.golden.net/~tekapo/broken%20pencil/stratfordintro.html All the shots were taken with the 35mm Summicron (non-asph version) and all of them were lit by a cheap Metz 20 BC 6 flash -- all except one frame shot in ambient light (a gold star for the first person who can correctly guess which one!). I used the diffuser on the flash. My conclusion on using the flash: Get real close and don't be scared to startle people!! (Let's face it, flash bursts at 3-to-5 feet -- which is how close I was framing many of the shots with the 35 -- can be annoying.) Most were candids. A few were taken in pitch black darkness, I couldn't see anything and just aimed the camera blindly. Hopefully, most LUGgers here won't be too easily offended by some of the images, but if they are, apologies in advance. The occasion was a public reading. I was the first to get up on stage and read, which was nice since people were rapt with attention before they got too loaded. Immediately afterwards I ran to the bar, plied myself with a double-beer, and thereafter began shooting the rest of the shenanigans. Regards, Dave Fisher Waterloo, Ontario, Canada