Pete and Indiscreet Street ......X100T with Metz 45 ct-4 Hammerhead

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Peter Tachauer
Yesterday; for the princely sum of £38.......I purchased the most outrageously indiscreet piece of street kit. Yep, I have plonked a Metz 45 CT-4 onto the left hand side of my X100T

Madness? Well, it serves a purpose. I now have a decent grip on the left of a camera for my tremulous left hand. It is hefty and gives me a much needed 1s or even 2s to lift, frame and shoot before it all goes to rats poo.

I even use the flash! I have an adapter on the hot shoe and in manual mode with leaf shutter I can shoot at 1/4000th at wide apertures. Again, the speed of the shutter assists to prevent or mitigate in some measure the tremor.

I also found it rather liberating. Might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb. I strolled around the city, flash popping away and hardly anyone took notice.


Results to follow!

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Indiscreet Street Kit ....
by Pete Tachauer, on Flickr
 
Awesome! My friend used to shoot street with a Hassy and a friend holding a softbox strobe on a boom. Got some great stuff.

Can't wait to see the results!
 
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