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Subject: Re: [Leica] R9 - flash details
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 07:19:23 +0200
References: <E16EE296-CDE3-11D6-B862-00039354861E@attinasi.org>

This is all too complicated for me. All I know is that when I put the 
Metz flash on my R8, I get perfectly exposed flash pictures--every time. 
That is all I need to know about flash :-)

Nathan

Marc Attinasi wrote:
> 
> I'll bite too: Check the E-TTL flash metering of Canon, and Nikon's 
> super-sophisticated matrix / distance coupled flash metering. They flash 
> a dozen or so super fast flashes, read the reflections in the matrix, 
> compute the distances, and adjust for a 'perfect' flash exposure. That 
> is, to my understanding, the cutting edge of flash technology, and I 
> don't see that in the flagship Leica (but then I don't have an R8 or R9, 
> though I can read)
> 
> The addition of high-speed flash is great though, a little late, but 
> welcomed.
> 
> - marc
> 


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