Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thursday, May 14, 1998 4:42 PM, Larry Kopitnik [SMTP:kopitnil@mra-inc.com] wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> > For a flash unit it use a Nikon SB26. It is bigger than I like and I will > look for something smaller one of these days. The advantage of this unit ( > and probably with lots of them if I would look ) is that on manual mode I > may dial in any f stop that I choose. I am not limited to just 1, 2 or 3 > stops like so many of the smaller units. I will dial in from f 1.4 to f64. This is not what I remember: You cannot dial in f1.4 with ISO 400 film. Not even with 200 ISO. And, if I remember well, not even with 100 ISO (not sure about this last one). And I found that was a real limitation for the SB/M6 combo. That is the main reason I chose the 40MZ3: it does manage wider apertures, which, due to the M's archaic flash sync, allows fill-in in very low light conditions but not a lot more. In daylight, you have to close down the lens and in those conditions there is no difference between SB and 40MZ: their power is needed.