Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 Hi Signal when Shooting Metz 40MZ-2 TTL Flash in Shadows
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 07:58:53 -0700

At 08:19 AM 6/11/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I just got back from a five week shoot of ethnic tribes in Thailand and the
>Philippines during which I would frequently get an annoying - and picture
>ruining - Hi sign in the viewfinder. The indicator would light up when I'd
>be shooting in the shadows or in other relatively low light scenes. The
>shutter speed would still be showing a comfortable 60th of a second or so
>and I'd be typically using a 35mm Summicron lens. The R8 was in T mode,
>using a Metz 40MZ-2 in TTL mode. In these shadowy circumstances, the flash
>was delivering too much light, even though I had minus 1-2/3 f-stops of
>reduced light dialed into the SCA 3501to presumably keep the flash from
>becoming the primary light source. Why, when there's still plenty of light
>can not the flash still stay 1 & 2/3rds f-stop below the ambient light. All
>I want is a bit of sparkle and a freshening up of the light from the flash,
>not a blast to ruin the scene. Any ideas? Both of my R8's behave the same
>way.
> 

You should be asking this of:

Gerald Wagner (Solms)

TS@leica-camera.com