It seems Leica users are inordinately against flash, and fear that "flashy" look. However, it really isn't that hard to employ the S2 for low light photography without an obvious flash effect, once you get the hang of it.
The technique calls for use of a lower light technique known as "dragging the shutter".
For example, if shooting ambient at ISO 640, f/2.5, and the shutter is to slow @ 1/25th ... set the camera to manual exposure mode with a shutter
Hi all ... haven't posted much recently because the S2 and I have been pretty busy ... and we still are.
So, just a few images to post that may be of interest to fellow S2 shooters. More to come when time allows.
This wedding image was a real bear to pull off ... by the time we got to the location and finished the usual formal stuff with the S2, is was pitch dark out. So I took advantage of the available darkness by having my assistant take the strobe out in front
Thanks to Leica, I had a loaner S35 overnighted to me so I could shoot my wedding last Saturday while my 35mm takes a "spa vacation" in Germany for a stuck aperture (a known issue apparently). Otherwise ... back to work for the rest of the kit!
Good thing too, because it was some pretty tight location stuff, so the 35 and 70 got the most play. I took three cameras and of 456 keepers, 301 were from the S2. For me, that is the first time ever that a medium format camera has
Had a weekend free of wedding work, so we all took off on a 4 day road trip to N. Michigan for a bit of fun in the Traverse City area ... including some tastings in the wine region, and a few fishing villages along the "Big sea shining water" for wonderful smoked fish and photo ops.
Our little Chi "Schnuffy" has a real fondness for Ice Cream, but only allowed on vacation ... her pal Ginger with the pink nose took a liking to it too ... blonds DO have more fun,
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