Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Steve Echols wrote:. >> > >> >Recommend looking at story by David Alan Harvey in current Nat. >> >Geographic on Naples. Because he no longer uses any other camera than >> >an M6 (he says) and loves low light (suffers as many of us do from the >> >Bill Allard virus) he has become a master of the little flash and >> >thyristor. >> > >> >donal >> >> Is there such a thing as a small output little thyristor flash?? >> Steve > >Steve, >In one way of thinking, any thyristor flash can be small output if >adjusted is a certain way. But also, Vivitar makes tiny ones. I think >Harvey uses a 7000 series little one. I am not too familiar with any >but the 283/285, but you could look it up. My one serious complaint >with the 283/5s is that their are gaps in the flash apertures. I have >used a Nikon SB-24 successfully on an M and it is smart enough to let >you set any F/stop in 1/3 stop setting in automatic mode. the new SB-28 >is even small and lighter. Might be perfect. Metz also makes a handle >mount converter for the Mz30/40 that I think lets you mount on side of >camera but then quickly release for off camera work. Might be ideal, >too. > >donal All of the small ones I have seen have 2 auto apertures, 5.6 and 11 for iso 400. I want something like 2 and 4. the metz 40 will dial down, but its bigger than the camera. Steve