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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Bad Experience in M6TTL with flash
From: Javier Perez <summarex@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 10:16:06 -0400
References: <B5F688B0.5FF1%yaojkfdr@netvigator.com>

Wait a minute
I don't know much about the TTL
Are you saying that you can't use any kind of flash
on the M6TTL without the camera battery installed!
Not even something connected to the PC socket?
I assume it still has one remaining socket.
Javier

"Dr. Joseph Yao" wrote:

> 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
> >


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