Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have, Oliver...I just try to flip it over my wrist, or ignore it...the main thing is to make sure it doesn't hang on the lens shade..;-) B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of olivier nguyen Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 5:07 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] M flash technique hi B. D. Colen, Have you ever have problem with the SC17 wire hanging infront of your viewfinder/ lens while taking picture with SC17 cord ? i found this bother me alot. i wish that SC 17 cord would be a right angle parallel to body instead of point toward lens when it come out of hotshoe. any suggestion on how to get rid of this problem with different cord? Olivier >From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: RE: [Leica] M flash technique >Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 15:37:52 -0400 > >Yup - Get a Nikon SC17 flash cord, which has a "hotfoot" at one end and >hotshoe at the other....you can use this with an M6 TTL and the TTL flash >will work with either the SF20 flash or the Metz flashes with proper >adapters....or you can use it with the flash in auto or manual on any >M....then just hold the flash anywhere you want it - high, low, forward, >back, etc., and fire away... > >B. D. > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Derek >Zeanah >Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 3:34 PM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] M flash technique > > >Trying to follow up on a comment I saw earlier this week... > >Generally, when I have to use flash I prefer to do so using a square >negative and a bracket that centers the flash over the lens. So I'm >trying to figure out the best way to do this with a Leica M. > >35mm flash brackets are a pain in the butt with *any* camera, but they >seem particularly unwieldy with an M, because you need to remove the >bottom of the camera when you load new film. I'm guessing the best >approach might be to shoot by prefocusing and holding the flash the >right distance above the lens, which sounds unwieldy but ought to work >fine. > >Anyone have any experiences or hints they'd like to share? > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html No Archive _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html