Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUG, Can anyone out there tell me exactly what the advantage of the Leica M6TTL with appropriate flash has over a standard M6 with an auto flash? I have a small Sunpack flash that is automatic (within itself), has two different f/stop selections, and has manual with variable power. The head will also point in any and every direction. So other than automatically taking into consideration things like conversion filters, and that the camera meter sees the actual framed subject, I cannot see any big advantage between the camera metering the flash, or the flash metering the flash. I remember my Sunpack has always been dead-on. And the rest of the camera is (almost) the same. Same sync speed (1/50th). Don't ask me the Sunpack model number as my son (in Sacramento) has it now. Had I been in charge, I would have waited and brought out an M7E, with TTL flash and a high sync speed electronic shutter, and fill ratio capability. And continued the M6 classic as they currently continue the R6.2 . Upgrades to the mechanical M6, like the mechanical R6, would be M6.2, like the R6.2, etc. There are people who would really like an electronic M camera. If it's good enough for the R line, why isn't it good enough for the M line? Jim Jim Brick (650) 470-1132 http://www.photoaccess.com