Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken, I believe Tina sent a post to the list after having seen the shots you did using the SF20 flash and I recall she WAS impressed. I've been debating the purchase of the SF20 for a few weeks...I typically use the Vivtar285 but it certainly isn't a put-in-the-pocket-and-carry-it-with-you-everywhere model! Anyway, any place on line I can go to see some of the shots you took with the SF20? Tina spoke so highly of them, I'd like to see, too. Lea - ----- Original Messit-age ----- From: "Ken Lassiter" <kenlass@gate.net> To: "Leica Users Forum" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 6:28 PM Subject: [Leica] SF20 flash and Ted Grant > 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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html