Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 24mm and Flash on M6 TTL?
From: Henry Ting <henryting10@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 21:59:01 -0800 (PST)

I was caught in a similar delimma. I searched at Eaby
and found a flash bracket with a ballhead that allows
the flash, once attached to be tilted. However,
instead of attaching the flash on the bracket I
attached the 24mm viewfinder there and adjusted to be
parallel to the camera body. Then I attach the flash
to the hotshoe. 
Voila !!!! I can have both the TTL flash as well as
framing with the 24 wide.


- --- "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
wrote:
> 
> How do you use a wide angle like the 24mm with a
> flash, when the flash shoe 
> is used for the finder?  I am referring to the TTL
> M6 and M7 and their use 
> with a wide angle such as the 24mm and 21mm.
> 
> I was shooting the CIS Final Eight ( Canada's NCAA
> equivalent) finals 
> tonight and wanted to use the 24mm on the M6 TTL for
> the celebration and 
> trophy shots.  I ended up mounting the flash and
> using  the  cameras finder 
> to keep things centered.  I guessed on the framing. 
> My TTL is a .85, so 
> the full finder isn't even close to a 24mm.  I
> developed the film tonight 
> and the team shots on the floor seemed to have been
> framed good enough, but 
> a bit off center.
> 
> My SF-20 came with a wide angle diffuser, which I
> thought was for a 
> 24mm.  You would think Leica would have a shoe
> doubler which for use of a 
> TTL flash and a finder.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Robert
> 
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