Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Need Advice on Flash
From: "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:48:13 -0600
References: <C5C73E0F-E582-11D7-86D5-000393AE435E@gilplant.com>

You're right Gilbert, Ted's question was specific to the M. I was 
thinking R not M. The M6 at speeds faster than 1/50 won't work.

Sorry Ted.

Regards,

Greg

J. Gilbert Plantinga wrote:

> Wrong! Do NOT try to use the flash at any shutter speed faster than 
> 1/50. It will not sync! And for fill set the flash to an aperture 
> WIDER than the setting on the camera.
>
> Gilbert
>
> On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 08:11  PM, Greg J. Lorenzo wrote:
>
>> You can fool the flash to be fill by setting it at an aperture 
>> smaller then you've metered and intend to use. For example if you 
>> want fill flash and you've metered f4 at 1/250th set the camera's 
>> aperture to f4 and shutter speed to 1/250th tell/set the flash at 
>> f5.6 or f8 and 1/250th.
>
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