Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --On Monday, April 29, 2002 1:33 PM -0400 Paul Chefurka <paul@chefurka.com> wrote: > As a complete newcomer to TTL twinkie flash, I have a stupid question. > Why does the SF20 manual tell you to transfer the lens aperture setting > to the flash when working in TTL mode? I thought one of the points of > TTL flash metering was that lens aperture and subject reflectance were > taken into account automatically by the sensor in the camera. It is so the distance range for that f stop will be displayed. This is for information purposes only and there is no real need to transfer the f stop setting to the flash. It would be better if the manual made this clearer as you're not the only one who has ben confused by it ;-). - -- Rolfe Tessem rolfe@ldp.com Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html