Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted: I admire you and respect you a lot. You make wonderful pictures, much better than I can ever hope to do. You are a master. I must admit, though, I can't recall ever seeing a flash photo made by you. Maybe you have. Have you? Like you, I have made 99% of my photos by available light -- without flash. I owned a Vivitar but very seldom used it with any camera. I resisted getting a SF20 for a long time. I thought it looked like a toy. How could such a little flash ever be useful? Then I bought one because I was going to a place where I knew I must have flash and wanted a small unit to carry. Then I started using the SF20. Not all that much. I still prefer available light. But like W. Eugene Smith who always used available light, I do find times I can make a better picture using the little SF20 flash unit I now have available. (Smith is reputed to have said, "Sure I use available light: daylight, strobe, hot lights -- whatever is available!" I showed Tina Manley some of my photos and she ran out and bought a SF20 unit and used it sometimes on her last trip to Honduras. Ask her if it is true. I know you also admire and respect Tina. If you can tell me you have tried the SF20 with a TTL M6 or on your R8 and found it to be useless, I will believe you. But until you do, I stand on my case. Try it. Others who have agree. It might not work for you. But every photographer has times when a little more light or more control over the light would make a better picture. I certainly do. Maybe you? Respectfully... Ken Lassiter - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html