Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/05

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Subject: [Leica] Another M9 question
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 15:12:24 -0700
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Richard Man offered:
Subject: Re: [Leica] Another M9 question

>>In any case, now we will return to the expected "Why are you using a flash
on the M?" vs. "I always use a flash" debate :-) <<<<<

No No No there is no debate worth having! PERIOD AN ABSOLUTE WASTE OF TIME! 
Because using a flash with any M camera is an absolute waste of beautiful 
natural light motivating you in the first place to take a picture! It isn't 
the flash going poof destroying what you are seeing ... the for real light 
on the subject!

For heaven sakes its' the light you see on your subject screaming at you to 
take the picture in the first place! Not the flash!

DEBATE?  Ridiculous to even consider it in the first place.

Hell one is either a photographer with the ability to see beautiful light 
and subjects working together and making an exposure to capture exactly 
what's making your belly squiggle with excitment at the scene before you to 
shoot! And once again, not the damn flash destroying what you are looking 
at!

Dr. ted :-)

Am I beginning to sound like an anti-flash person? ;-) 



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