Re: [Leica] R Wildlife shooter

[Andrew Schroter <schroter@optonline.net>]

Will the R8 work with the 3502?  I understand it works with the 3501 but
haven't heard anything about the 3502.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Pascal" <cyberdog@attglobal.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 12:00 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] R Wildlife shooter


> Hello Neil,
>
> welcome to the "R8 club" :-)
>
> I am sure that, by now, many others will have contributed to answering
your
> questions, so you'll forgive my lateness (given the fact that I am
presently
> on holiday with limited internet access).
>
> To your first question: I use either multizone metering (matrix) or spot
> metering, depending on the occasion, the subject and the particular
lighting
> conditions. Matrix metering is fine for most typical occasions (about 80 %
> in my case). Spot metering is extremely reliable on condition that you
pick
> the right spot to meter, of course. The spot meter area coincides with the
> round circle in the middle of the viewfinder, nothing more, nothing less.
> And it stays like this whatever the lens used (contrary to the M6 which
> lacks such circle and where the "spot meter" will vary upon the focal
length
> used).
>
> To your second question: Metz flash guns are an excellent choice for the
R8.
> I have been using the Metz Mecablitz 32-3 MZ (before I sold it to a fellow
> lugger), subsequently the Mecablitz 40 MZ-3i, and since two weeks the
latest
> Mecablitz 54 MZ-3. You can't go wrong with either of these flashes. They
> each have their strong points:
> - 32-3 MZ has a guide number of 32 at 100 ISO with 50 mm lens. It is the
> most compact and also lightest of these three flashes. A very convenient
> flash to always carry with you and much more powerful (but larger
obviously)
> than the Leica SF-20 flash unit. Contrary to the latter, the former has a
> flash head that can be tilted upwards for bounce flash.
> - 40 MZ-3i has a guide number of 40 at 100 ISO with 50 mm lens. Larger and
> heavier than the 32-3 MZ, but with the advantage of a higher guide number
> and a second, smaller, light source. This is useful for bounce flash as
the
> second light source will ease out shadows etc. under the nose and eyes of
a
> typical portrait. If you don't use bounce flash, the second light source
is
> of no use. The 40 MZ-3i has a bit more complicated operation than the 32-3
> MZ, it uses a large LCD panel on the back.
> - 54 MZ-3 has, contrary to its designation, also a guide number of 40 at
100
> ISO with 50 mm lens (it has 54 at the maximum zoom position only). For all
> practical purposes, both the 40 MZ-3i and 54 MZ-3 have almost identical
> guide numbers. This flash is an incremental improvement over the 40 MZ-3i.
> Its big advantage (to me) has to do with its size and form (a real cobra
> type instead of a "brick"). It is easier to store away in a combi bag, and
> the light source is now further away from the optical axis (since the
flash
> head stands higher than with the 40 MZ-3i).
> I don't remember for the 32-3 MZ, but the 40 MZ-3i and 54 MZ-3 have +/- EV
> corrections of full values and in steps of 1/3, combined with their SCA
> adaptor.
> Take note that, while the 32-3 MZ and 40 MZ-3i will work with both the SCA
> 3501 and recent SCA 3502 adaptor, the 54 MZ-3 will only work with the SCA
> 3502.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Pascal
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Neil Cotty
> > Sent: zondag 5 augustus 2001 1:31
> > To: Leica
> > Subject: [Leica] R Wildlife shooter
>
> > A couple of questions for R8 owners, I'll think of more later <VBG>:
> >
> > 1. If you spot almost exclusively like me, do you find the spot size too
> > large and is a hand held meter a must with this camera? I hear the spot
is
> > about 12% - ?
> > 2. Which pro. flash unit do you recommend for fill flash? I saw a Metz
but
> > only seems adjustable in full stop increments.
>