Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Okay, sign me up. That really DOES make sense. I know the TTL is slightly taller, presumably heavier; does it still have the same indescribably nice feel? And is there a glut of M6s on the used market? Richard DeLuca >In a message dated 1/14/00 8:07:34 PM, odyssey@spectra.net writes: > ><< I may be in the minority, and I rarely post here, but it seems to me that >TTL flash metering in a RF Leica is really dumb. Sorta like a turbo-diesel >(read 'go-stop') car........;-> > >> > >Seems like a tremendous advantage to me. Assuming that the Leica rangefinder >photographer is probably less likely to use flash than your average SLR user >it stands to reason that when the M photographer is forced to use flash he >would prefer to use as LITTLE flash as possible. TTL metering allows auto >flash exposure at any aperture. Presumedly that would include very wide open >apertures thus allowing the use of just the slightest amount of flash to fill >in shadows or raise contrast just a bit . . . > >Bob (do you know my friend Phil, Phil Flash that is) McEowen