Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:26 10/10/96 DST, you wrote: >Hello, >I just made a little study on the TTL flash possibilities of the CLE. >The metz sca system works with the 331 adapter (that's what I use). >You can also use the minolta auto ???X flashunits but then you don't have >TTL flash. Only thing you have is automatic shuttersynchronisation when >using the 'A' program, automatic shut off the flashunit when there is enough >available light for normal exposure and flash ready signal in the >viewfinder. These flashunits are recognizable by the two contacts in the >hot-shoe connection. When you use a Minolta auto ???PX flash, recognizable >by the three contacts, you have full TTL-flash possibilities. >Also other brands (like Vivitar) have made dedicated flasunits for >Minolta.Always make sure that there are three contacts in the hotshoe >connenction. > >Best regards, > > Michiel. > Now I find out I just gave away the beginning of a CLE system. I just traded out a Minolta 400si for a Polaroid 195. When I got the 400, I was given a Minolta flash which i think was a 200X and it had 3 contacts. I threw in the flash though it was not compatible with the 400. Had we discussed this 2 weeks ago, I would have saved the flash and it would have justified to acquisition of a CLE system. BOY, DID I EVER BLOW IT! Brian Levy, J.D. Toronto, Ont. dlevy@worldy.com