I think you should gift yourself the Leicasonic 25/1.4 then :)
On Dec 16, 2009, at 10:20 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> I normally shoot without flash with fast lenses (that is my standard mode of
> operation with the Leica). But here the light levels would have required f1.4
> at 800 to be able to use tolerable shutter speeds, and since my fastest Oly
> lens has a maximum aperture of f2.8.
> Since the focus of the event was on the quiz, having fun, and getting drunk,
> I decided to relegate photography to 2nd place and thus do the easy thing
> with the flash.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
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> On Dec 17, 2009, at 7:15 AM, siddiq@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>
>> On Dec 16, 2009, at 10:04 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>
>>> Since my M8 is still in Solms, I took the E3 instead; and since I do not
>>> have any fast lenses for it, I resorted to GULP flash (the built-in one of
>>> course, I could never dream of spending money on one of those contraptions).
>>
>> Sorry if I’ve missed something earlier—but why not shoot w/o flash? Mostly
>> wide shots, which even in kit/slow zooms, is no slower than f/4 and wide is
>> easier to shoot at slower shutter speeds, if you were averse to going into
>> the 1600/3200 ISO range.
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