Help needed for shooting the Tokyo Motor Show with the Leica S

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

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 I am planning a trip to Japan in October/November and part of that trip will be to shoot the pretty girls at the Tokyo Motor Show.

My concern is that as we all know the Leica S is not a fantastic camera in low light situations unless we add some light so my question is what flash set up would you recommend for an inside event like the Tokyo Motor Show using the Leica S ???

Thanks in advance

[erlingmm]

 I am planning a trip to Japan in October/November and part of that trip will be to shoot the pretty girls at the Tokyo Motor Show.

My concern is that as we all know the Leica S is not a fantastic camera in low light situations unless we add some light so my question is what flash set up would you recommend for an inside event like the Tokyo Motor Show using the Leica S ???

Thanks in advance

 

 

I think you will get best results with the Leica SF 58 flash, in manual or TSS mode. It is very versatile, with tilt head and an extra direct light in front.

 

It is a bit complex in use because of all the possibilities, and I would strongly recommend to rehearse using in in similar shooting situations that you expect in Japan.

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[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

I think you will get best results with the Leica SF 58 flash, in manual or TSS mode. It is very versatile, with tilt head and an extra direct light in front.

 

It is a bit complex in use because of all the possibilities, and I would strongly recommend to rehearse using in in similar shooting situations that you expect in Japan.

I had the chance to buy one from some guy in the US on eBay but seeing as he lives in a closet he thought that selling to someone in Malaysia would be fraud so he at first said no..........now I get three messages a day from the same guy wanting me to take it (no frigging way)

I will just buy a new one from a guy in Hong Kong..............and like you say (Practice) 

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

I think you will get best results with the Leica SF 58 flash, in manual or TSS mode. 

Whats TSS

Edited July 26, 2015 by Neil D

[ynp]

Whats TSS

HSS mode

[erlingmm]

HSS mode

 

Sorry, I meant HSS: High Speed Sync

Edited July 26, 2015 by erlingmm

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

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I think you will get best results with the Leica SF 58 flash, in manual or TSS mode. It is very versatile, with tilt head and an extra direct light in front.

 

It is a bit complex in use because of all the possibilities, and I would strongly recommend to rehearse using in in similar shooting situations that you expect in Japan.

so will the Leica S work with the SF 58 in HSS with the CS lens i.e. At say 1/1000????

[John McMaster]

I think the SF58 HSS will work with a non-CS lens at 1/1000th ;-)

 

john

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

John 

I am trying to contact my mate in Texas and see if he can hand carry one for me back to Nigeria..........hopefully he can and I will have it in about two weeks time

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

Got one already, will have the chance to play with it next week when my mate arrives back on the rig