Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/09

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Subject: [Leica] big dumb R TTL question
From: faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman)
Date: Mon Oct 9 04:50:25 2006
References: <45294771.70108@wanadoo.nl> <F3C1764B-7DBB-414C-9D63-1E9A89225743@ncable.net.au>

with my metz flash it does seem to work well.
Am I the only one? I thought TTL was a big no go with the DMR due to sensor
reflection issues.

Eric


On 10/8/06, Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au> wrote:
>
> That works with film, does it work with the sensor of a DMR?
> On 09/10/2006, at 4:46, Michiel Fokkema wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Eric Korenman wrote:
> >> Ok - So here is my R8/R9 question.
> >> When shooting TTL flash is there anyway to shoot slower than 1/250
> >> sec?
> >> When I flip my Metz flash in to TTL mode, my R8 forces 1/250
> >> shutter speed.
> >> For this reason I often shoot in A mode so I can drag the shutter.
> >> But, as we know, A mode is not always quite as accurate, so I'd
> >> prefer TTL
> >> mode.
> >
> > Hi Eric,
> >
> > I set the R8 on M. The flash on TTL, choose the desired fstop,
> > which wil
> > l be transfered to the flash and then dial the the speed dial to
> > adjust
> > the amount of ambient light. Works perfectly.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Michiel Fokkema
> >
> >
> >
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