Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sure it is possible but not very practical. You would just need a hardware/software buffer/translator between the two units. The costs, however, would be huge. You could buy hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Metz flash units before you had a working production model. I once looked into making an air cleaner for an old English sports car. They are hard to find and there is a reasonable demand for them. I would say probably fifty a year could be sold. Production cost per unit was about $10US but I had to front $20k US to make the stamping dies.... John Collier > From: "Ernest B. Ferro" <eferro@tbscc.com> > > Does anyone know what pins do what on the flash shoe on the top of the > M6TTL and R8. I recently got an SB-28 that I use with my R8 and motor > drive. The SB-28 is able to keep up with the R8 motor drive at 1.5 fps but > there's no TTL. I had a crazy idea that it might be possible to build a > converter to convert the pins on the SB-28 to properly mate up with the R8 > and regain the TTL control. Does anyone know if it's possible? - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html