Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was shooting at a children's party today, using my M6 Classic with SF20 flash. Some funny flash things happened, but they might be normal. 1. Once the flash had gone into standby after three minutes my M6 would not reactivate it upon lightly touching the shutter button, even though the light meter would activate. I could only get the flash ready by touching its own buttons or switching it off and then on again. Does this happen with yours? I cleaned all the contacts - no difference. I should say that the camera did trigger the flash if the flash was active. I checked my M6 TTL and a light touch of the shutter button powers up the flash if it has gone to standby. Hmmm... 2. With the M6 Classic in an uncocked state depressing the shutter button nearly down to the release point would trigger the flash (if active), without releasing the shutter. It would even do this with with the battery removed. While this is a bit weird, once understood I suppose it would advise the photographer that the camera was not ready to shoot. Does yours do this? Once the shutter is partly cocked this no longer happens. Your findings, please? Regards, Rick Dykstra, Australia. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html