Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Need Advice on Flash
From: "J. Gilbert Plantinga" <jgp@gilplant.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 20:39:45 -0400

Wrong! Do NOT try to use the flash at any shutter speed faster than 
1/50. It will not sync! And for fill set the flash to an aperture WIDER 
than the setting on the camera.

Gilbert

On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 08:11  PM, Greg J. Lorenzo wrote:

> You can fool the flash to be fill by setting it at an aperture smaller 
> then you've metered and intend to use. For example if you want fill 
> flash and you've metered f4 at 1/250th set the camera's aperture to f4 
> and shutter speed to 1/250th tell/set the flash at f5.6 or f8 and 
> 1/250th.

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