Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --On Saturday, September 21, 2002 9:29 PM -0700 Marc Attinasi <marc@attinasi.org> wrote: > > I'll bite too: Check the E-TTL flash metering of Canon, and Nikon's > super-sophisticated matrix / distance coupled flash metering. They flash > a dozen or so super fast flashes, read the reflections in the matrix, > compute the distances, and adjust for a 'perfect' flash exposure. That > is, to my understanding, the cutting edge of flash technology, and I > don't see that in the flagship Leica (but then I don't have an R8 or R9, > though I can read) I don't see them in the Nikon or Canon *cameras* either -- I see them in the dedicated, propriatary flash units combined with the the matching dedicated, propriatary wireless controller from the same company. Leica doesn't have its own sophisticated dedicated flash or wireless controller, but you can do basically the same thing with multiple Quantum T2s combined with Quantum FreeWire radio slaves, when used with Quantum's own dedicated R8 interface. And let's face it, if you're actually using multiple flash units on location, the T2 is a much more versatile unit than Canon or Nikon shoe-mount flashes. Finally, I'm not as taken with the idea of the camera's meter trying to figure out how I'm trying to light with multiple units as you seem to be. I don't care whether Nikon calls it "Matrix" or whatever; how can the camera possibly know whether I want the background one stop over, one stop under, or the same exposure as the foreground (just to use one trivial example)? - -- Rolfe Tessem rolfe@ldp.com Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html