Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The following respected LUGgers remarked: Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 09:01:27 +0800 From: ray tai <razerx@netvigator.com> Subject: Re: [Leica] Back aches Message-ID: <3B183AE7.9A102243@netvigator.com> References: <NBBBIDNIGLFOKNLJCPLHOEOGGCAA.ddh@home.com> Didn't Harvey carry two M6 bodies, 28mm, 35mm, 50mm Lenses and a Nikon F100 (for flash) for his Cuba book? Dan Honemann wrote: > Sal, > > > Very, very few real assignments lend themselves to > > the single camera, single lens approach. > > Tell that to David Alan Harvey. :) > > Respectfully, > Dan For flash work, Harvey utilizes a 2800 Vivitar set to a 45 degree angle with a Sto-Fen Universal diffuser on his M6 cameras with the lenses mentioned above. With the body set to 1/15th or so, and the flash on the red setting and the lens at F/2 or smaller, depending on the ceiling height (if any), he manages to achieve superb flash enhanced images. A film of him using this technique was shown during his one-man show at NG's Explorers Hall a couple of years ago. Fellow LUGger Javier Montiel has taken a couple of workshops with Harvey, and he shared the details with me recently. The results speak for themselves. FWIW, a 28, 35 and 50 set of lenses is still two more than "Hank" used :) You can hunt deer with a .22 single shot, but I wouldn't count on a full belly come suppertime. Would that we could! :) Best regards -- Mike Crist