Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]hi Tina, how can you use the index card to reflex or bounce the light from SF20 ? I always love to have a flash that be able to bounce or somehow reflext the light to my subject. I have SF20 and love it specially for indoor. I do'nt have notilux or sumilux. most of my lens is f2 and f2.8 therefore SF20 is my solution for low light photograph. by the way, my hand is shaking a lot. i hate this. thank you Olivier - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images@InfoAve.Net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 8:49 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] SF20 flash and Ted Grant > At 07:28 PM 12/1/01 -0500, you wrote: > > >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 > > Ted wrote: > > However, I've learned over the years on the LUG & LEG much to my surprise, > there are quite a number of photographers who use flash with the M6, so I > make a valiant, although at times I feel it's absolutely a futile effort, to > encourage them to use the light they see by and keep the flash for > absolutely, " if I don't use it I'll lose it picture situation." > > Ken and Ted - > > Y'all are both right. To a certain extent. Ted, when the Leica lenses are > enough, there is nothing better than natural light. And most of the time > that's all you need - But there are times when the Leica lenses are not > enough and that is when Ken is right. The SF20 gives you just enough > "twinkie" light to fill in those shadows and make it possible to record a > scene that would otherwise be filed in the round file. When it is dark and > you need some depth of field to record the scene (and in the bright sun > with harsh shadows), a fast lens wide open is not the answer. The SF20 > used rationally will give you a natural looking light and allow you to shut > down enough to get the depth of field you need. Anytime I can, I'll still > use the fast lenses wide open and avoid drawing attention to myself by > using flash; but in the clinics I photographed this summer, the light was > awful. I would not have been able to record the details I needed for the > photos without the greater depth of field that the SF20 gave me. > > I had a lot of doubts about the SF20 and had tried Vivitar and Metz flashes > with a variety of cords and attachments with my M6's and R's but the SF20 > with the TTL is a no-brainer. Just hook it up and shoot. I use the > wide-angle attachment like Ken to diffuse the light and I'm sure not to > have any walls right behind the subjects. I would be even happier if it > would tilt for reflected flash, but I just use an index card and rubber > band for that. > > I'm still using natural light for 90% of my shots, but don't knock the SF20 > until you try it. I'm going to try to get some of the photos from the > clinics up next week, but I'm having knee surgery on Monday (carrying too > many cameras over too many miles!) and I'm trying to get all of my > Christmas gifts done before then. > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP > http://www.tinamanley.com > images available from http://www.pdiphotos.com > > > -- > 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