Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/07

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Subject: [Leica] Re: TTL question
From: "Eric" <ericm@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 06:02:51 -0500
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Herb:

>I just bought a Metz 32 Z-2 with the SCA 3502.  The instructions are 
>a bit ambiguous about ISO settings.  Is the following assumption of 
>mine correct: when in TTL mode, the ISO value that controls flash 
>duration is taken from the camera; in "automatic" mode, the value is 
>taken from that set on the Metz unit?

Which camera?  I don't believe any such info is taken from the M6 TTL.  I
don't know about the R series.

>Another question.  In the control panel in which exposure 
>compensation can be set (-3 1/3 EV to +3 1/3 EV) the value -2 is 
>marked in red.  There is no explanation for this.  My guess is that 
>-2 is a good choice for fill flash.  Correct?

Depends on the effect you want, but as a general value, that's a good
starting place.


Eric

Replies: Reply from "Mark E Davison" <dmark8@qwest.net> (Re: [Leica] Re: TTL question)
In reply to: Message from Herbert & Lee Kanner <kanner@acm.org> ([Leica] TTL question)