Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, People posting on the Minilux BBS report that tests with a flash meter confirm observations that the flash discharges at full power every time. Whenever using flash in program mode the camera says f/2.4 and observation does not show it ever stopping down when the flash goes off.. Obviously, if I am shooting a group at f/2.4 there is a great likelihood that some people at various distances will be out of focus. That's one of the many reasons I want to know what the camera actually does. It has been suggested that the shutter opens up to an 'f-stop" while leaving the diaphrapgm itself wide open, as the Minolta Hi-Matic E did. Another theory is that the flash discharge is timed relative to the shutter so the entire pop isn't included in the exposure, cutting flash duration at close distances. This has ramifications in manual mode. If I know my guide # of 11 and I am taking pictures of something 2 meters away, I can set the f/stop at 5.6 and get a good exposure. If the shutter doesn't allow the entire flash to get in the images will be underexposed. Again, why is it I can't get a straight answer? RIDICULOUS! Don > > Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 16:06:16 -0800 > From: Jim Brick <jim_brick@agilent.com> > Subject: [Leica] Re: Re: Leitz NJ- poor service > Message-ID: <4.1.20001127153619.017ab380@xsj02.sjs.agilent.com> > References: > > At 05:36 PM 11/27/00 -0500, Maciver2@aol.com wrote: > >Jim Brick tells us that the Minilux is "not a really a Leica. It is a > >rebadged Japanese camera." > > > >Of course, as it's not made in Portugal like the M6, how can it be a "Leica"? > > What Jim Brick meant is that it is a camera designed and manufactured by > Panasonic or some other company. The inner workings of if the flash uses > quench or f/stop to control it's exposure would probably not be known by > Leica technicians in NJ or Solms. This is just an educated guess. Someone > there may know. > > Also, my original reply was with the plastic mini(whatever) introduced > before the minizoom, in mind. Then I realized that you are probably talking > about the Titanium camera, which, I believe, is still a Japanese designed > and built camera. > > But I could be wrong... > > Jim > > ------------------------------