Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dans un courrier daté du 01/12/01 21:47:28 Paris, Madrid, mark@markrabiner.com a écrit : > I have a million little and not so little flashes, A Mecablitz 32 Z-2 which > i > got a TTL shoe for the M6 is not a handy size for most camera bags. It tends > to > stay home. > A cheap and tiny Mecablitz 20 BC 6 gives me not particularly accurate non > TTL > exposures on an A setting. > A Vivitar 283 with sensor on the cord is almost as good as TTL but is not a > compact deal. > > My wife had a birthday and insisted on TTL for her M6 and i splurged and got > her > the SF20. > > She shoots mainly Kodachrome 200 with it which is a not particularly > forgiving > film in terms of exposure, you've got to nail it. > > One out of ten of her exposures are not keepers with this arrangement. She > shoots in the dark at LHSA meetings when all the other M6's sit there on the > table in dark restaurants. (Except my Noctilux with Neopan 1600 in it!). > > So sure it's way too expensive. Both Metz and Leica have to make money. But > it > just works like sun of a gun. Does not eat batteries. Takes a licking and > keeps > on ticking. We feel it's paid for itself many times over. > > > Mark Rabiner > Portland, Oregon USA > http://www.markrabiner.com > -- Hello Mark . I've got the Metz 20 BC 6 and it's nice on A mode too . But I've bought the SF20 after I saw a picture of a friend who's knowledge in photography is still on the low side . But this lucky chap had been offered an M6 with 2/50 and the SF20 by his rich parents and I was stoned by the results he obtained with the flash on TTL mode . I must add that at the begining he thought the M6 was hard to use , but after a few weeks , and seeing the results compared to his old Minolta , he didn't even think of another camera to make pictures . By the way it's nice to have a wife who is involved in photography , most importantly for us in Leica . Mine thinks Leica is overkill as much as my V8's... Jo Goodtimes , France - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html