Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> For daylight fill, use slow film to offset the slow > sync speed and you're ok. Just set the ASA dial on the 283 to a 1-to-2 > f-stop faster film speed and go from there. That fools the strobe into > underexposing the flash and you get an "auto fill flash" of sorts. > If I'm not mistaken the ASA dial on those non-TTL auto flashes are not hooked up to anything inside the flash. When you change the ASA it only serves to show the user a different F stop and max distance. So it might be safer not to change the dial and just close down your lens 1 or 2 stops. That way you don't risk forgetting to reset it. Please correct me if I'm wrong.