Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Is there a cable that will transfer the TTL flash connection? Tom Schofield - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Wilcox" <wilcox@tir.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 11:40 AM Subject: [Leica] Re: simultaneous use of flash & external finder > Find a DFOOB. These are commonly included in CHICO flash outfits for about > $10. The DFOOB will slide into the shoe of your camera. Slide you 24 finder > into the shoe of the DFOOB and you flash into the shoe on the end of the > arm of the DFOOB. > > OR- Buy a CTOOM flash bracket. It was designed to use withe earlier cameras > - the ones with the mounting stud, but can also be used on the M6. > > Ken Wilcox > > > At 1:12 -0500 3/8/0, a fine scholar, Andrew Moore wrote: > > >I sometimes need to use both an external 24 mm finder and a > >small flash on top of my M at the same time, but these items are > >"mutually exclusive" due to competition for the accessory shoe. > > > >I can connect the flash via PC cord, but there's still the problem > >of where to mount it. > > > >Did Leica (or anyone else) ever make a 24 mm finder that has > >its own accessory shoe on top? > > > >What's the most creative -- no, scratch that. What's a good way > >to do this, while still keeping the M reasonably compact and > >"ergonomically correct?" > > > >--Andrew > >NO ARCHIVE > > > ---- > Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits > preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> > <kwilcox@gfn.org> > > >