Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John - Perhaps you've already tried this, but just for grins I put an SC-17 on my M6 classic, and mounted the visoflex body without its prism (have a chimney finder on order but not in hand yet) and it LOOKS like you could bend the cord enough to snake out the side of the setup. I don't know how good it would be for the internal wires long term, though, and you will need to lock the unit into the hot shoe, as the bend in the wire wants to push it back out of full registration. I'll be interested to hear your results when you finally test a setup like this. Cheers, Kip John Collier wrote, in part: > (snip) It also is impossible to use > the flash with the visoflex attached, where it would be extremely useful, as > the prism is right over the hot shoe. I am going to pick up a vertical > magnifier and see if I get Nikons SC-17 TTL cord on but as the cord points > forward it looks a little doubtful perhaps some exploratory surgery on the > SC-17 is in order.... I will keep you posted. My recommendation is that the > SF-20 is a great flash.