Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On his "Cameraquest" site, I believe that Steven Gandy sells a slip-on dual accessory shoe for just this purpose. I do not know if it becomes a hot shoe. I could be wrong about any or all of this, but look at http://cameraquest.com/ and work from there. Buzz Hausner > > From: Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com> > Date: 2004/08/26 Thu AM 11:21:28 EDT > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Flash / PC Cord Question > > Kind folk, > > I want to use my new little Oly S20 flash with my M6 > when I have an accessory finder in the hot shoe. > > So, I'm looking for a camera PC socket cord with a > female (?) flash shoe connector on the other end. > > In some situations, a bracket might be preferable to holding > the flash, so any suggestions on a small bracket for the M6 > that could hold the flash would be helpful as well. > > I did a brief search on B&H and Adorama and was pretty > overwhelmed by all the options. > > Any idea what I need? > > Thanks > > Scott > > B. D. Colen wrote: > > >BUT...Most professional 120 use is based on the quality requirements of > >magazines. And the question then is not whether the 120 backs will > >become affordable; rather, it is whether 35 full-frame digital cameras, > >such as the EOS1Ds and the Kodak, can provide image quality on a par > >with 120 film. If they can, then the cost of 120 backs becomes > >irrelevant and 120 becomes irrelevant. There is also the question of > >whether smaller sensors in DSLRs, used at 50 iso, will produce such > >clean images that they, too, can eliminate the need for 120. I wouldn't > >be investing in Hasselblad OR Imacon right now. > > > >B. D. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > >[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > >Mark Rabiner > >Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 2:41 PM > >To: Leica Users Group > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Ilford chapter 11? > > > > > >On 8/25/04 10:07 AM, "FRANK DERNIE" <frank.dernie@btinternet.com> typed: > > > > > > > >>I wonder whether 120 or 35mm film will be the more > >>popular in the future. I would expect 35mm to be less interesting > >>because it is so easily comparable in size weight and quality to > >>digital. It would not surprise me if mf film continues to have a > >>stronger following than 35mm in the long term. > >>I almost never use 35mm now that digital is so good. I > >>still use MF if I want high quality and scan the > >>negatives. > >>Frank > >>--- Dan Post <dpost@triad.rr.com> wrote: > >> > >> > > > >I think we need to wait just a little longer for the shoe to drop on the > >medium format digital thing. They are either going to break that 20 thou > >price point and get into the 2-5 thou price point of a the non Rolls > >Royce crowd or shrivel. I predict, having confidence in technology which > >usually is rewarded, that they'll figure the affordable medium format > >digital thing out. Existing medium format cameras wont be thrown into > >the bins with the Instamatics. > > > >The Blads and the Brownies.... > > > > > >Mark Rabiner > >Photography > >Portland Oregon > >http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >