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Subject: [Leica] Flash on Rangefinders (was Re: Another M9 question)
From: dstella1 at ameritech.net (Dante Stella)
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 00:05:06 -0400
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George is right.  

And the Prime Directive cuts both ways.  One might not want to use flash 
around people who have never seen one.  But using this as the basis for a 
generalization that flash is no good causes people (in cultures accustomed 
to flash use) to avoid flash where they should indeed be using it - the 
result being bad pictures for different reasons. 

Dante


On Oct 6, 2010, at 11:17 AM, George Lottermoser wrote:

> If you're truly "working" a scene or event or a particular subject.
> The subject knows you're there doing exactly that; with or without the 
> flash.
> They'll eventually forget about you, your camera and the flash;
> assuming that you can let go of the notion that it's drawing attention;
> and simply use it as another tool.
> 
> YMMV
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser 
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> 
> 
> On Oct 6, 2010, at 10:02 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
> 
>> Available light is any damn light that is available! - W. Eugene
>> Smith<http://www.photoquotes.com/showquotes.aspx?id=53&name=Smith,W.>
>> 
>> *I still don't know how you get around drawing attention to yourself every
>> time a flash goes off.*
> 
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In reply to: Message from leicaslacker at gmail.com (kyle cassidy on the lug) ([Leica] Another M9 question)
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Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Another M9 question)
Message from leicaslacker at gmail.com (kyle cassidy on the LUG) ([Leica] Flash on Rangefinders (was Re: Another M9 question))
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Flash on Rangefinders (was Re: Another M9 question))
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Flash on Rangefinders (was Re: Another M9 question))