Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Get a powerful, but small, flash unit, with metering built in. The Vivitar >283 would be ideal. Why I say powerful is, in bright sunlight, you need a >lot of power to fill-flash with that 1/50 sec. shutter speed. >An example: Exposure in the camera meter 1/50 at f/11. A good fill-in >exposure would be to set the flash for f/5.6 or f/8. One and one-half stops >underexpsure would be better, but the 283 doesn't give 1/2 stop settings in >auto flash. Alternatively, you can "adjust" the ASA/DIN setting on the flash to get the desired underexposure value, as close as the flash allows (usually at 1/3 stop increment), i.e. to get 1 and 1/3 stop underexpose, set the ASA to 250 on ASA100 film. Then all you need is to align the camera's f-stop to the flash setting. That's how I control the Nikon SB-22 flash with my M6. Calvin Seto