Re: [Leica] A Red Dot story

["Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>]

Sam Carleton says:

> Steve,
> 
> Come on, I agree that AE and AF are auto, but how do you perceive upping the
> flash sync to 1/250 as auto?

Where in my post do I say anything about upping the flash sync to 1/250??
>
> I am assuming you have been shooting long enough to understand that what the
> human eye sees and what film sees are very different.  When a flash is used
> correctly outside, it helps the film portray the scene closer to what the
> human eye sees.
>
> Sam

And I did not make any reference to shooting outdoors with a flash sync.

sl
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Steve LeHuray [SMTP:icommag@toad.net]
>  Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 5:07 PM
>  To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>  Subject: Re: [Leica] A Red Dot story
>
>  >><Snip>
>  >>
>  >> Andrew,
>  >>
>  >> 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.
>  >>
>  >> sl
>  >
>
>  Mark Rabiner opines:
>
>  > It's the same thinking that makes some people think they cant take
> a picture
>  > with slower than an ASA 400. It is possible. Just not at night
> with no tripod
>  or
>  > other light extenders...
>  > like FLASH!!!
>  >  (which at night would certainly be fine at a slower sync speed)
>  > my first was a Nikon F2 which synced at i think an 80th.
>  > No one though anything of it. We didn't think:
>  > "No we cant take flash pictures until they come out with the FM
> which syncs
>  > as 125th!"
>  >
>  Maybe it is like the dumbing down of our educational systems, auto
>  everything is probably the dumbing down of photographers.
>
>  sl
>