Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/12

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Subject: RE: [Leica] A "how 2" flash question
From: "James Harrison" <leicajh@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 21:00:36 -0600

Would a R-8 flash set to rear curtain work?


>From: "Roger Skully" <robinsnes@home.com>
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Subject: RE: [Leica] A "how 2" flash question
>Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 21:35:37 -0500
>
>Balcar and some other studio strobes will do what they call a "strobo"
>effect. It is a rapid series of strobe bursts. I would do it that way.
>Surely you can rent or borrow one someplace.
>pet05.jpg (10752 bytes) <http://www.robinsnestphotography.com/>  Roger
>Skully
>Robin’s Nest Photography
>www.robinsnestphotography.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Adam Bridge
>Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 8:56 PM
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: [Leica] A "how 2" flash question
>
>
>
>My neighbor's son is a drummer (and a good one) and they've asked me to
>shoot a
>portrait of him while he's playing.
>
>I have an image in my mind of an effect I'd like to achieve: I'd like to
>shoot
>with a long shutter speed to get his drum sticks and high-hat as blurred -
>but
>use a strobe to freeze the drumstick in the middle of it's arc.
>
>
>Adam
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James A. Harrison II
KD5LMX
Wichita Falls, Texas, USA


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