Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Is this my lucky day? Do you mean to tell me that a Nikon SC-17 which I already have will do off camera TTL flash with the Leica SF-20 which I just got? Things aren't supposed to work out this way. John At 10:03 AM 06/17/2000 -0500, you wrote: >John - > >Perhaps you've already tried this, but just for grins I put an SC-17 on my M6 >classic, and mounted the visoflex body without its prism (have a chimney >finder >on order but not in hand yet) and it LOOKS like you could bend the cord >enough to >snake out the side of the setup. I don't know how good it would be for the >internal wires long term, though, and you will need to lock the unit into >the hot >shoe, as the bend in the wire wants to push it back out of full registration. >I'll be interested to hear your results when you finally test a setup like >this. > >Cheers, >Kip > >John Collier wrote, in part: > > > (snip) It also is impossible to use > > the flash with the visoflex attached, where it would be extremely > useful, as > > the prism is right over the hot shoe. I am going to pick up a vertical > > magnifier and see if I get Nikons SC-17 TTL cord on but as the cord points > > forward it looks a little doubtful perhaps some exploratory surgery on the > > SC-17 is in order.... I will keep you posted. My recommendation is that the > > SF-20 is a great flash.