Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:41 PM 1/13/02 -0800, you wrote: >But I always try to make a shot with the light illuminating the subject >before I use flash and if in doubt, out comes a flash, now I have the SF20 >that I've played with a bit, but it's still basically unused! :-) But some >day. ;-) >ted > >Ted Grant Photography Limited >www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant Ted - I agree 100%; however, (don't you hate "howevers"!) it depends entirely the purpose of your photographs. Try an experiment. Load one camera with Tri-X or TMax 400 and put the Noctilux on it. Load the other camera with Provia 100, a slow lens, and the SF20. Take photos of the same subject - your grandkids playing inside with very little natural light. Use an index card or handkerchief to soften the SF20. Take a roll of photos with each. If these are photos that you are trying to sell to a mother or stock agency, I'll guarantee that you'll have more "keepers" with the SF20. If they are photos that you want to enter in a Family of Man exhibit or blow up 10X to put in a fine-art gallery, the natural-light ones will win every time. For everything there is a time and purpose (I think I read that somewhere.) 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