Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rolfe - I just now figured out what my problem is..... You have to have film in the camera - you can't test it without film. Once I took the bold step of actually putting film in it did fine - the only time that it said there was NOT enough exposure the distance was in fact greater than the rec. distance. ernie On Saturday, March 8, 2003, at 04:24 PM, Rolfe Tessem wrote: > Ernest Nitka wrote: >> I have an M7 with the SF 20 flash unit - I 'm not sure it's working >> or that I know what I'm doing. I don't do much flash work which is >> why I need help. >> i attache the SF 20 to the M7 , turn both on with the SF20 being set >> to TTL. Camera has no film in it so it defaults to ISO 100 I would >> suspect. My question is that when i shoot towards a wall of books >> abut 8 feet away at f/4 neither the SF20 or the M7 indicate that it >> was an adequate exposure ( the flash icon goes away immediated and >> the 'ok' LED on SF 20 does not lite up) the SF20 is set on f/4. why >> is this because prior to shooting the SF20 says i should be ok up to >> 16 feet ( GN=66/4 =~ 16). I have to open up to f/2.8 to get both the >> SF20 and M7 to say that there was adequate exposure. What am I doing >> wrong? > > Ernie, > > The thing that is not clear from the SF20 manual is that in TTL mode, > you don't have to set *anything* on the flash at all. It picks up all > the information it needs from the camera. The aperture setting on the > flash is for information only, just so you will know what distance > ranges are possible at what apertures but you don't usually need to > consult it at all. > > So, I'm not sure that you *are* doing anything wrong... > > Rolfe > > -- > Rolfe Tessem | Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. > rolfe@ldp.com | 96 Morton Street > (212) 463-0029 | New York, Ny 10014 > > -- > 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