Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>Just my .02 cents. I have no use for TTL flash, the recycle time is to > slow. >>I always use Automatic setting and the reason is I shoot a lot of > corporate >>events, receptions, etc, with Nikon F3HP (which has the TTL feature). > > Hi Steve, > > I suspect from the above that you have never used a Q2 with Turbo > battery. The recycle time is typically much less than 1 second, and it > stays that way for 400+ exposures. Remind me next time we meet & I'll > bring mine (as long as we aren't walking like on Sunday!). > > As Lucien says, it shouldn't make any difference whether the flash is on > TTL or automatic - all that is different is the placement of the sensor. > Now if you habitually shoot at f16 in TTL mode and at f2.8 in auto mode > and use a thyristorized flash , it will, of course, take more juice to > recharge. :-) > > Simon Stevens > Thanks for the info. The tests, not exhaustive or sceintific, that i have done with the metz and the SB28 seem to indicate a longer recyle time in the TTL mode. Typically I shoot with flash at f8 with the subject never any more than 10 feet away but usually 5 to 6 feet. Also would like to add that I hate using any flash and am certainly no expert on the subject. sl