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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Bad Experience in M6TTL with flash
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 07:26:25 -0600

You wanted sophisticated flash electronics, you got them. It seems only
natural that this stuff will not work without batteries. This normal with
TTL electronics so, if you depend on your flash, carry spare batteries for
your camera as well.

John Collier

Carry spare batteries.

> From: "Jerry S. Justianto" <jsjm6@cbn.net.id>
> 
> 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?
>

Replies: Reply from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> (Re: [Leica] Bad Experience in M6TTL with flash)