Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Please don't post those photos here! Kit McChesney | acmefoto wrote: >Yes, those "family assignments" can be the most stressful of all! If those >don't come out, you have the wrath of your family to bear for the next 1000 >years! Nightmares with subtitles like, "you messed up the pictures of the >kids' birthday parties! Now we'll never be able to remember what happened! >;-) > >When my son was born, his father took it upon himself to photograph the >birth. He was not a photographer (to say the least!), and forgot to focus (I >guess he was distracted?). We have some very nice abstract images of who >knows what? They look like very out-of-focus pictures of a bowl of peaches! > >Kit > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Ernest >Nitka >Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 3:30 PM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Help on Using flash Sf 20 > > >Like the time that I needed a flash for my #1 son's graduation from HS >party at the fancy Italian restaurant. I was using the hexar RF and I >just assumed I could slap on the SF 20 and use it in A (uto) >mode......... stupid to use combos without testing....... Nah nothing >bad happened = pics came out fine, everyone had a great time. But it >is scary to think that I did that!!! :) > > >ernie >On Saturday, March 8, 2003, at 05:10 PM, Kit McChesney | acmefoto wrote: > >>Ernie-- >> >>Yes, indeed. When you operate the camera without film, it doesn't >>exactly >>default to 100 ISO. It only flashes 100 to show you that you have no >>film in >>the camera, telling you that it doesn't really know what you're trying >>to >>shoot. Take some test shots and see how it works before you're under >>pressure--like, for the three-year-olds' birthday parties! ;-) >> >>Kit >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Ernest >>Nitka >>Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 2:46 PM >>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Help on Using flash Sf 20 >> >> >>Rolfe - I just now figured out what my problem is..... You have to >>have film in the camera - you can't test it without film. Once I took >>the bold step of actually putting film in it did fine - the only time >>that it said there was NOT enough exposure the distance was in fact >>greater than the rec. distance. >> >>ernie >>On Saturday, March 8, 2003, at 04:24 PM, Rolfe Tessem wrote: >> >>>Ernest Nitka wrote: >>> >>>>I have an M7 with the SF 20 flash unit - I 'm not sure it's working >>>>or that I know what I'm doing. I don't do much flash work which is >>>>why I need help. >>>>i attache the SF 20 to the M7 , turn both on with the SF20 being set >>>>to TTL. Camera has no film in it so it defaults to ISO 100 I would >>>>suspect. My question is that when i shoot towards a wall of books >>>>abut 8 feet away at f/4 neither the SF20 or the M7 indicate that it >>>>was an adequate exposure ( the flash icon goes away immediated and >>>>the 'ok' LED on SF 20 does not lite up) the SF20 is set on f/4. why >>>>is this because prior to shooting the SF20 says i should be ok up to >>>>16 feet ( GN=66/4 =~ 16). I have to open up to f/2.8 to get both the >>>>SF20 and M7 to say that there was adequate exposure. What am I doing >>>>wrong? >>>> >>>Ernie, >>> >>>The thing that is not clear from the SF20 manual is that in TTL mode, >>>you don't have to set *anything* on the flash at all. It picks up all >>>the information it needs from the camera. The aperture setting on the >>>flash is for information only, just so you will know what distance >>>ranges are possible at what apertures but you don't usually need to >>>consult it at all. >>> >>>So, I'm not sure that you *are* doing anything wrong... >>> >>>Rolfe >>> >>>-- >>>Rolfe Tessem | Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. >>>rolfe@ldp.com | 96 Morton Street >>>(212) 463-0029 | New York, Ny 10014 >>> >>>-- >>>To unsubscribe, see >>>http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >>> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html