Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/11

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Olympus OM cameras
From: "Lee, Ken" <ken.lee@hbc.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 12:35:09 -0500

Peter,

The "flash metering" that people are referring to is the ability to use the
camera as a flash meter with any make/type of flash i.e.. read and report
the light intensity without exposing the film.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) [SMTP:peterk@lucent.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, February 11, 1999 11:42 AM
> To:	'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
> Subject:	RE: [Leica] Olympus OM cameras
> 
> Then their website is not correct.  I have used both the 6008 and 6008i
> with
> the SCA356 adapter and Metz flash and the camera handles TTL Flash
> metering
> through that combination.
> Please send me that URL, I would like to see what they are talking about.
> There is a master control unit that is about $1200 that will allow for
> very
> controlled metering, etc.  Maybe this is what they are referring to.
> 
> Peter K
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Welch [mailto:ewelch@ponyexpress.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 9:49 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Olympus OM cameras
> 
> 
> >The Rollei 6008i has built-in flawsh metering when using an SCA adapter
> 
> I've been looking at their web page, and it says that flash metering is
> added by an additional $1,000 unit. I'm not talking TTL flash, I'm talking
> metering of any flash source at all. Like a Minolta IV built in. Or was it
> the 60003 and the new body that requires the adapter, while the 6008i has
> it built in?
> 
> Eric Welch
> St. Joseph, MO
> http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch
> 
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