Hi Iwert:
Good points, your scenes do cry out for soft natural light and shadow, the
f2 is needed. Clandestine pictures of Equadorian Otovalan Indians in their
mountain market, street scenes, carnival, The Rockies with big skies- go
light and stop down the 3.5 works for me -very much the use dictates the
gear. Before OM I had Nikon then Contax systems, I remember well the Nikkor
21mm f3.5 with the 72mm filters. Speaking about flash-- I want to get better
with flash, I don't have a good feel for it, any good websites or books out
there on flash use?
Thanks Gord
----- Original Message -----
From: "iwert" <zuiko@xxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 3:21 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Welcome Gordon
> Gord,
>
> Stopped down, no. But a 21 with f2 is just so comfortable when shooting
low
> light in cathedrals, interiors, chapels ore at twilight. the difference
> between f3.5 and f2 is very big there. Plus the focussing screen becomes
> much brighter, almost like there is no light loss with a 2-series screen.
> I don't like flash photography for some reason, and it wouldn't work well
> anyway with a 21mm. So I either don't take a picture because I don't like
> the light, rather than using flash. And nowadays, flash shouts "I am
taking
> pictures, look at me, come and ask what I am doing, are you a terrorist?"
> (haha, but it happened more and more the last year)
>
> Iwert.
>
>
> on 30-12-2003 08:17, Gordon J. Ross at gordross@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Iwert:
> >
> > "And photography is all about catching light, isn't it?" -if you are
willing
> > to get your Ti dirty it is. I have the 21/3.5, 24/2.8, and am happy with
> > them, stopped down is there really much discernable difference?
> >
> > Thanks Gord
>
>
>
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