Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter: I think you and Eric are not talking about the same type of metering. My R8 has TTL flash and a flash meter that will meter through the lens a test fire without exposing any film. This can be used with any type of flash. You plug the sync cord in or put a flash on the hot shoe, put the camera in F for flash mode and then you can take a reading by pushing the depth of field preview. What it does is it stops down the lens to the working aperture and then fires the flash and uses the spot metering sensor to give you a reading which is displayed in the viewfinder and the display on the back of the camera. This reading is displayed in stops over or under and you move the aperture until it says zero to get the correct exposure. I have some studio flases and it makes it very handy to do meter that way since I do not have a handheld flash meter. I just put a grey card in the scene and meter of it. Regards, Robert At 11:48 AM 2/10/99 -0800, you wrote: >Eric, > >The Rollei 6008i has built-in flawsh metering when using an SCA adapter. >It is extra if you consider the SCA adapter the extra. They have had >built-in flash meetering since the 6006 Model II more than 12 years ago. > >Peter K > >-----Original Message----- >From: Eric Welch [mailto:ewelch@ponyexpress.net] >Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 8:57 AM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: RE: [Leica] Olympus OM cameras > > >>Eric - I may be wrong, but it seems to be that it absolutely does have >>TTL/OTF flash metering > >You are not wrong. But it doesn't have a flash meter. Only the R8 and >Contax RTSIII and Contax 645 have that built in. (Rollei 6008 has one as an >add-on). > >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO >http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > >My Karma ran over my Dogma.. > > > >