Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I always explain my non photographers friends that one of the reasons that I use leica M (sooo... obsolete) is that it is the only camera that doesn't need a flash. I hate the pictures taken with N**** F5 and fill in flash e.g. the cool girl with the sunset in background, shining (girl) like a star. Chris - -----Wiadomość oryginalna----- Od: Oddmund Garvik <garvik@wanadoo.fr> Do: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Data: 1 grudnia 1998 17:45 Temat: Re: [Leica] I WANT to make my own choices... >At 15:44 01/12/1998 +0100, Mike wrote: > >>Alright then... My M6's flash sync doesn't work off the hot shoe. Fine with a >>sync cord connected to PC socket, but not directly off the hot shoe. Is it >worth >>repairing - given it still works a la M4 via the cord? > >I have never been a flash freak, I don't like that. I might have a flash >somewhere, but I never use it. M-Leicas are so convenient in available >light, and I like simplicity. Fortunately nobody ask, or push me into flash >and artificial light photography. I want to make my own choice as well... > >I sometimes use the built-in flash with the Contaxes (TVS&T2), but then >everything is automatic, and the result is about predictable. > >I don't know how much you want to pay for such a repair, neither how much it >will cost, but I have frightening experiences with Leica repairs. I wouldn't >care too much if it works with the sync cord, and if you just use the flash >every now and then. > >Oddmund >