Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: M6TTL fill flash
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 17:02:56 -0800
References: <20010101234824.YHRP17656.femail2.sdc1.sfba.home.com@[65.1.114.25]>

Henry Ambrose wrote:
><Snip> 
> What I want from the Leica TTL is equal (or near)  performance accuracy
> wise to the Nikon. The trouble I have with the non TTL M6s and little
> auto flashes is lack of choice in aperture and film speed and not
> wonderful exposure accuracy. I may have to use f4 or 5.6 which hampers
> fill flash work because the ambient exposure time is driven down too
> slow. Basically what I have now works for full power flash which I pretty
> well despise. It'd be great to shoot at f2 or 2.8 and 1/15-1/50 with 400
> speed print film and use -2 or even -3 to fill shadows and add to the
> exposure in general. In other words - available light shooting (indoors)
> with almost imperceptible fill. Just enough fill to sparkle things up a
> bit and help with color rendition.
> 
> The specs say the TTL M6 and the SF20 should do all this but I'd like to
> hear from someone who has experience with it. Rather than perform a $2000
> experiment!
> 
> Henry

I"m getting total acuracy and a full range of options with my Metz 32-z2 and the
sca-2000 adaptor giving me TTL flash.
It is almost not too big for the camera.
http://www.metz.de/mecablitz/eng/produkte/m_meca_gb_ihv_ges.html

mark rabiner

In reply to: Message from Henry Ambrose <henryambrose@home.com> ([Leica] Re: M6TTL fill flash)