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Subject: Re: [Leica] what flash for M6 TTL
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 10:38:50 -0600

On the afore-posted web site, it lists the CL4 but not the earlier CT4.

John Collier

> From: Bill Satterfield <cwsat@cyberhighway.net>
> 
> I have a Metz CT4. Do they make an adapter for this flash that will fit into
> the hot shoe and work the TTL function?
> 
> John Collier wrote:
> 
>> The Metz flashes will work and come in variety of sizes and power ratings.
>> For TTL he would need the 351 adapter. Here is their URL:
>> 
>> http://metz.de/mecablitz/eng/Welcome.html
>> 
>> Leica's SF-20 will work as well but not as a TTL unit. One nice thing about
>> the SF-20 is the fact you can apply exposure compensation in the automatic
>> mode making subtle fill flash easy.
>> 
>> John Collier
>> 
>>> From: thomas boehm <toboehm@yahoo.com>
>>> 
>>> i have a request for a friend, who is searching a flash for his leicaflex
>>> R5 - he thinks about minimum size and and maximum performance ;-)
>>> 
>>> (i don't know the technics of thiss camera well, so:) what would you
>>> suggest him?
>>> 
>>> could the leica S 20 sufficient (and support ttl-metering with the R5?);
>>> or is maybe a small metz the better choice?
>>> 
>