Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 and high speed flash
From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 20:50:09 -0700
References: <7CB60903-E401-11D7-A255-000A95A0C556@cyberone.com.au> <7CB60903-E401-11D7-A255-000A95A0C556@cyberone.com.au> <5.2.1.1.2.20030914191515.038183b8@192.168.100.11>

Karen

The answer to that is to get one of those beautiful  Compur Summicrons
and install synchro contacts.  Good for 1/500 sec.

Jerry

"Richard F. Man" wrote:

> At 08:24 PM 9/14/2003 -0500, Karen Nakamura wrote:
> ...
> >I'm quite disappointed about this aspect as it's one reasons I bought the
> >M7.  The Leica SF-20 doesn't support HSS so instead you have to use one of
> >the huge boat-anchor Metz's. Which sort of defeats the purpose of a small
> >M7 camera.
> >
> >I can't wait until Leica gets a SF-25 or something with HSS, I'll be the
> >first on the block to get it, assuming it's less than $300.
> >...
>
> IMHO, the biggest problem is that you can't use 1/60 or 1/125! 1/250 and
> above sort of limit what you can do.
>
> And yes, that Metz 54 is really nice, but huge.
>
> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com>
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Replies: Reply from Karen Nakamura <mail@gpsy.com> (Re: [Leica] M7 and high speed flash)
In reply to: Message from Rick Dykstra <rdcb37@cyberone.com.au> ([Leica] M7 and high speed flash)
Message from Rick Dykstra <rdcb37@cyberone.com.au> ([Leica] M7 and high speed flash)
Message from "Richard F. Man" <richard@imagecraft.com> (Re: [Leica] M7 and high speed flash)