Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]how would Nikon dedicated flash work with leica r8? - -------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Mehrdad m.sadat@verizon.net <mailto:m.sadat@verizon.net> - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Lucien Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 9:37 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Ringflash on R8 Dennis Painter wrote: > > In an older Brian Bower book is a photo of the Minolta PX-80 ringflash > adapted to an R6. > > Anyone know specifics of how this can be done and will it work on an R8 > to give full TTL flash control? The Minolta PX-80 works only with the R5-R7 family. A funny and a little bit complicated solution that I think of, is to control the Nikon TTL Macro Speedlight SB-29 (ring flash) <http://www.klt.co.jp/Nikon/Press_Release/1999/sb-29.html> connected to the Wireless Slave TTL Flash Controller SU-4 <http://www.klt.co.jp/Nikon/35mm/F60/Lenses/accessories.html> via a Metz flash in the R8 accessory shoe. When connected to the SB-29, the SU-4 enables wireless remote TTL flash control, using the Metz Speedlight as a master unit. It should anyway. Good luck. ;-) Lucien