Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 flash--Was advantage of ROM lenses
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@neteze.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 18:54:32 -0800
 
At 08:09 PM 11/28/1999 -0500, Julian Koplen wrote:
>Thanks for the clarification of what I feared.  While the R8's TTL flash for
>fill and macro seems quite useful, the restriction to center-weighted
>averaging  is disappointing for general use.   The additional choice of a
>generous central region without any inclusion of the periphery would have
>been very welcome.

Well, in practice, the R8's TTL flash is pretty darn accurate regardless. 
And when using the F mode is deadly accurate for macro and closeup work, 
let along general studio work. No need to compensate for lens extension.

Eric Welch
Carlsbad, CA

http://www.neteze.com/ewelch

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