Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] sb-28 on an m6
From: "John R. Fulton Jr." <JRFjr@compuserve.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 20:07:06 -0600
References: <00a501c17eb3$275f7e60$6b38fea9@thunderbelly>

In order for the SB28 to work correctly it has to "communicate" with 
the Nikon camera body's cpu.
John


>htf wanted to know about the nikon 2b28:
>
>>I faintly recall that
>>it is usable in auto mode on the M6 and is VERY
>>flexible in f-stop settings.  If anyone has actually
>>used it on an M6, I'd very much appreciate your
>>comments.
>
>maybe someone has had better luck, but i tried it once. the flash kept going
>to sleep, and then when i'd fire the shutter, it would "wake" the flash, but
>then the flash wouldn't go off, it would just be in "ready" mode. so i had
>exposure, blank frame, exposure, blank frame, exposure, blank frame, etc.
>the camera didn't have quite the vocabulary that the flash had. it sucked.
>ruined a lot of shots that night.
>
>kc
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In reply to: Message from "kyle cassidy" <kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu> ([Leica] sb-28 on an m6)