Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The TTL uses a electronic flash sync and will not fire the flash if the shutter speed dial is set above 1/50. John Collier > From: "Dr. Elliot Puritz" <drpuritz@bellsouth.net> > > Need some colelctive wisdom firneds.. > > Using the SF 20 on my Leica .85, TTL, I note that the flash will sometimes > not fire when set on "M" to be used as fill in at 1/4 power. obviously, > when as fill in, the exposure and F stop are set according to the lighting > at hand, not at the sync speed of 1/50th. Usually the problem occurs when > the subject is well lit,i.e., on a beach where one might want to use just a > bit of flash on the face while keeping the over all mood. I had Rich at > Photovilla try the M setting on the SF in a similar situation...the flash > did not go off, set to M, 1/4 strength, when the camera and flash were > directed at a light source ( in this case, a bulb ), but did fire as fill in > when the camera was directed at a shady area. Since M is meant to be used > as fill in as the photographer desires ( regardless of the ambient light or > exposure chosen on the M6), one wonder what is going on. The ambient light > should have nothing to do with it...or the fill in feature is abrogated and > not useable. Advice gladly taken. What am I over looking? > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html