Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joseph, Not likely. I have both the 40MZ-3i and 40MZ-1i and they both had problems. Leica seems to not be interested in fixing it. Leica refuses (more than one time) to give Metz/Bogen an M6 TTL to test with the 40MZ-3i. Guess they want to make sure they only sell their own flash. As to the hot shoe cable, the one I referred to has several contact basically duplicating the shoe at the other end of a cord, not a standard hot shoe. These are generally used for TTL when you use a bracket. Canon makes one specifically for their cameras, a colleague uses a generioc one made by Hama that works fine too! It has a center X-sync and 4 other contacts one in each of the 3 corners. They are large enough to accomodate a connection from most TTL flashes that use a hot shoe. Peter K - -----Original Message----- From: Dr. Joseph Yao [mailto:yaojkfdr@netvigator.com] Sent: Monday, March 29, 1999 11:44 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] M6-TTL flash questions Peter, Is there any chance that your SCA 3501 module is faulty? I have had a few SCA module failures but the flash units have always been reliable. The Nikon SC-17 off-camera TTL cord will work perfectly with either the M6 TTL or R8. A standard hot-shoe to hot-shoe socket cable will not provide TTL flash control. Joseph Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) wrote: > > I have used the SF20 and it is a nice piece of gear. I still cannot get my > Metz 40MZ31 working properly with the SCA module and have given up on it. > Go with the SF20 (Metz makes this flash for Leica). You should be able to > find a standard hot shoe to hot-shoe femal cable for using it off-camera. > If not you can probably have one made by Paramount Cords at > http://www.paramountcords.com/ > > Peter K