Re: [Leica] M6 with studio flash try out

["Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>]

I suspect you have some excellent 'studies of grass'!  The prsim is well
worth the investment, even the non-metered PM45, just to get things the
right way round.

Simon

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Greenwood" <mail@simon.gs>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 with studio flash try out


> ...With the Winder and meter prism...
>
> Luxury, mine was a 501 with waist finder. I looked like Mr Bean trying to
> photogragh my sisters children as they raced around the garden, with no
> prism....  they ran one way..... and I turned my camera the other, no time
> to check the EV, lightmeter swinging around my neck, once those little
brats
> were in the finder, I just had to hit the button!
>
> Simon G
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 with studio flash try out
>
>
> > Simon
> >
> > LOL, nice comment at the end, certainly struck a chord.  I have a few
> > cameras that I get out now and then, check the shutter speeds, clean and
> > look at for a while!  Just can't bear to part with them.
> >
> > Your are absolutely correct in that everyone was relaxed when I took the
> > pictures, and the children joined in as they knew I was experimenting
with
> > something new and they wanted to be a part of it.  When I get the 503
out
> > they shrink back in horror as they know we are in for some studied and
> > serious stuff.  I am trying to use the 503 handheld more, or using the
> > remote on the winder.  The latter certainly makes for a more rleaxed
> > atmosphere.
> >
> > That said, I took the 503 away with us last year for a break and used it
> as
> > I would a 35mm SLR.  With the Winder and meter prism, I found it quite
> > effective and got some really superb images, with the potential to use
> them
> > for web display or 30"x30" prints (should I want to).  35mm does not
give
> > such latitude of use if big prints are the order of the day.  Anything
up
> to
> > a 12"x8" look great through Leica glass though.
> >
> > Simon
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Simon Greenwood" <mail@simon.gs>
> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:42 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 with studio flash try out
> >
> >
> > > I sold my Hasselblad because I spent more time on the mechanics of
> taking
> > a
> > > picture than the composition itself. Whilst I had rasor sharp trannies
> the
> > > pictures were not in themselves as good as those taken with my contax
> tvs.
> > >
> > > A comparison of your excellent mac.com picture with the Hasselblad
> > portraits
> > > on your own website only confirm this for me.
> > >
> > > With the M6 the girls cheerfully alowed you to get in close and
remained
> > > relaxed because even at their age they realised it was not such a
> serious
> > > shoot, just a bit of fun. I'm willing to bet that you looked a lot
more
> > > relaxed.
> > >
> > > My wife hated it when I got out the Hasselblad and my sister knew that
> her
> > > children would have grown up and had children of their own before I
got
> > the
> > > light reading, focus..etc.right!
> > >
> > > You have convinced me that I do not need to get another medium format
> > camera
> > > though naturally enough I will probably buy one, possibly by the end
of
> > the
> > > month, use it solidly for a week, then put it away and get it out
> > periodicly
> > > to clean and admire.
> > >
> > > ;.)
> > >
> > > Simon G
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>
> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 1:43 AM
> > > Subject: [Leica] M6 with studio flash try out
> > >
> > >
> > > > Spurred on by an image I saw a while back created by Mark Rabiner
with
> > his
> > > > M6 using studio flash, I tried using my M6 with some Multiblitz
> flashes
> > at
> > > > the weekend.  Here is a resultant image:
> > > >
> > > > http://homepage.mac.com/sclamb/PhotoAlbum8.html
> > > >
> > > > I have never really considered using the M6 before but, with the
> results
> > > > that I achieved, especially using the 90mm APO ASPH (which this
image
> > was
> > > > taken with), I may start using it a lot more.  It is certainly
easier
> to
> > > > handle that an SLR or the Hasselblad, and the image quality of the
> > 12"X8"
> > > > print that I made isn't far short of the quality I get from the
> > Hasselblad
> > > > either.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks Mark for planting the seed.
> > > >
> > > > Simon


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