Re: [Leica] Forgive me for I (sometimes) flash

["Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>]

I've used an old "potato masher" Honeywell Strobonar with my M4 but I don't
like to.  The bracket attaches to the tripod socket and there is a lot of
leverage from the bracket which goes under the baseplate to the heavy flash.
Since the tripod screw is not attached to the camera frame all of this
stress is borne by the baseplate.  I already have a couple of small cracks
on the pin-end of the baseplate.  Not from this technique though.  I haven't
used it enough.  When you hold the rig by the flash handle the camera tends
to swing unless the screw is really tight.

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Mike Durling
KD4KWB
http://www.widomaker.com/~durling/


- ----- Original Message -----
From: <Bmceowen@aol.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 11:25 AM
Subject: [Leica] Forgive me for I (sometimes) flash


> OK, just for argument's sake (what? this group argue?) say you wanted to
use
> a flash on an M camera. To make it more interesting, assume you want to
use a
> lens that requires an  accessory viewfinder. WHat do you do?  . . . BTW,
the
> .72 finder shows the 24mm view just fine answer doesn't work for me (it
> doesn't in my case) . . . Do you simply guess at the framing? Do you
handhold
> the flash? Do you use an accessory bracket? What have you guys done to
> address this problem?
>
> Bob (likes "a little" flash sometimes) McEowen
>