Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Bad Experience in M6TTL with flash
From: "Jerry S. Justianto" <jsjm6@cbn.net.id>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 16:39:20 +0700
References: <B5F688B0.5FF1%yaojkfdr@netvigator.com>

Thanks Joseph,

I really did not expect a manual camera make such disadvantage like this.
This mean I need always to bring spare battery in my pocket.

JSJ

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Joseph Yao" <yaojkfdr@netvigator.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Bad Experience in M6TTL with flash


> Jerry,
>
> The M6 TTL requires power to trigger the flash, whether you are in TTL or
A
> mode, or even manual mode.
>
> Non-TTL M6 did not require power to do so, and it would even trigger the
> flash if the film was not advanced.
>
> Hope this helps....
>
> Regards,
> Joseph
>
> on 26/9/00 16:38, Jerry S. Justianto at jsjm6@cbn.net.id wrote:
>
> > During a trip to a museum I just realized, that when M6 battery become
weak
> > (not dead) it could not trigger flash SF-20 at all.  I forced changing
the
> > mode from TTL to A in SF-20 and still the flash is not fired at all.  So
I
> > could not make any shoot with the camera :(
> >
> > Is this happened with other Leica model, when the battery is weak it
can't
> > send signal to any flash even in A mode?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jerry S. Justianto
> >
>
>

Replies: Reply from D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg> (Re: [Leica] (Not-so-)Bad Experience in M6TTL with flash)
In reply to: Message from "Dr. Joseph Yao" <yaojkfdr@netvigator.com> (Re: [Leica] Bad Experience in M6TTL with flash)