Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't forget that the gunpowder goes inside the M6! > Tim Atherton wrote and asked: ;-) >>> Ted, >> >> Could you explain to us again how you use flash powder with the M6...<<< > > Hi Tim, > Quite simple actually. ;-) I get black gun powder, pour it into an old > developer tray lined with heavy duty cooking foil and set it on a kind of > easel so the flash will bounce off the ceiling when it ignites and before > the ceiling goes black from the smoke. > > This is a truly one shot exposure as we have to clean the ceiling after each > exposure. ;-) > > Now the tricky part is getting the wires imbedded in the gun powder so when > I press the shutter release, the contact in the camera will send the signal > to the contacts in the powder igniting it as the shutter curtain opens long > enough for the flash to ignite, create the light flash and not an explosion > ! :-) And inturn exposing the subject on film. > > And that sequence of events is an old family secret not to be revealed for > 50 years after my passing to the big darkroom in the sky. > > So there you go eh? Nothing to it. > ;-) > ted > > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "" <tim@KairosPhoto.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 4:59 PM > Subject: RE: [Leica] A few thoughts about flash > > >>> 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 >> >>> >> ;-) >> >> tim >> >> -- >> 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 - ------------ Dante Stella http://www.dantestella.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html