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Subject: [Leica] Can someone share the secrets of good flash
From: summicron at bellsouth.net (Frank F. Farmer)
Date: Sat Jul 16 15:42:53 2005
References: <r02010500-1039-7FFD96FDF62711D9A125001124733AA0@[66.239.168.59]> <5C992058-F629-11D9-8CF3-000393199A4A@cox.net>

Speaking of using the SF-20 flash off camera (M6-TTL) - I forgot to 
mention that I've found the Contax TLA-100 to be a great cord for that 
purpose.

Frank

On Jul 16, 2005, at 1:42 PM, Stasys Petravicius wrote:

> Saw a N..on a D70 demo'd at Samy's in LA the other day- showed with it 
>  a wireless flash that Nikon makes that looked like the cats meow- 
> hold it anywhere and trip it- the Nikon salesman- Mario- said that no 
> other manufacturer has a flash like that (the wireless feature). 
> Stasys
> On Jul 16, 2005, at 11:29 AM, George Lottermoser wrote:
>
>>> Subject: [Leica] Can someone share the secrets of good flash
>>
>> For me rule #1: Get the flash off the camera and put it where you want
>> the light to come from. I can't imagine doing too much photography 
>> with
>> the a light 3" above the lens (except for a very little fill).
>>
>> Bouncing the light falls under the "get the flash off the camera."
>>
>> So I'd recommend that you purchase one of the cords that allows you to
>> get the flash off the camera and begin to control it (unless all you
>> want is a little fill - then do as others have recommended dial it 
>> back
>> to your prefered ratio).
>>
>> Fond regards,
>> G  e  o  r g  e    L  o  t  t  e  r  m  o  s  e r, imagist
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In reply to: Message from imagist at imagist.cnc.net (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Can someone share the secrets of good flash)
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