Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Cable for TTL Connection, Nikon SC-17
From: Jeffcoat Photography <jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net>
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 12:31:05 -0500

Dennis your right on the mark with all but the price of the SC-17 cord is now
closer to $90.00. We use this with the 8 and the 40 MZ 3i. It works great just
make sure it is in tight and fully forward or you will be left scratching your
head.
Cheers Wilber

Dennis_Thong wrote:

> The model is Nikon SC-17 TTL cord. It's a coiled cable that can be
> stretched to about 1.5m long, very useful as u can even place the flash in
> your pocket and get the pictures.
> The TTL pins configuration from Nikon is the
> same as that of Leica, hence, I think it is 100 percent suitable. It's made
> of very good material too. The price when I bought it 3 years back was about
> US$40.
>
> At the end of this cable where you slot in your TTL flash, that particular
> hot shoe has screw thread that enable you to mount it on tripod ! Very
> clever design.
>
> One point to add regarding the Leica SF 20 TTL flash, I felt it is not well
> designed.
> My dislikes are:    1) The batteries are not easily obtainable,
>                             2) flash head cannot title nor bounce,
>                             3) not powerful due to small guide number & size
> !!!
> With all these disadvantages, I think it not very suitable for many critical
> work.
>
> I think the Metz 32 MZ-2 or MZ 3 will make a better choice. Please give me
> some feedback.
>
> >From Singapore, SLUG,
> Dennis Thong.

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Cheers Wilber GFE
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