Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Andrew, You speek of shooting 100 speed film. I shoot Tri-X, a flash out side on a sunny day is simply not an option with the M6. With the F5 I could pull it off, 1/250 @ f/22. The flash does not reach real far, but at least it can be used! Sam -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Moore [SMTP:dmm@bronze.lcs.mit.edu] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 9:42 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] A Red Dot story > Gee, I have been using the 1/60 sync speed on my Nikon F3 for years with no > trouble for all my magazine work so I do not understand how a higher sync > speed on the M6 would be "*MUCH* more useful". I am leaving in a few minutes > to go over to National Geographic Television with my F3/SB28 and a 1/60 sync > speed to do a photo spread. Just my .03 cents worth. I guess I should have appended "to me" but I figured that was implied. Maybe you don't run into it with magazine work (not sure what sort of situation you're shooting in) but I've found that even with 100 speed film on a bright day, when I want to use fill flash I need to be shooting down at f/11 just to be on the upper edge of the M6 sync range. And at that aperture, the flash batteries don't last long. --Andrew NO ARCHIVE