Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I use flash: took M to shoot candids at a Klezmer concert. Audience got up and started dancing. The exposure was f/2 @ 1/30 on ISO 800 rated at 640. The SF20 let me use a smaller f/stop so that I had more depth of focus; still got plenty of ambient lighting so it didn't look "flashy." I was still panning as they did the hora, but at f/2 I would not have gotten anything in focus. obligatory shot at dark restaurant by waiter. Ambient exposure f/2 at 1/30. Even if you focus for him/her, they never get you in focus. Stick on SF20, set to 5.6; even 2.8; gives higher chance of success. overhead flourescent lights. This is hard to white balance. With SF20 the main area can be color balanced. New Year's eve. Ambient exposure probably around f/1 @ 1/15 and I don't have a Noctilux. People too smashed to care about flash anyway. Yes, the R8 would have been better in each case, but it is much heavier. Bob Rose - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html