Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 High Speed Sync [was: Glamour...Glamour..Glamour Contest - Steve Unsworth's shot]
From: "J. Gilbert Plantinga" <jgp@gilplant.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 20:53:56 -0400

On Monday, September 15, 2003, at 08:21  PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:

> OK.  Is there "banding" on the negative?

No.

> What does this device cost?

Not cheap, take a look:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/ 
home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=216495&is=REG


> If it is not TTL or Auto, can it be used with any M Leica?

Certainly, though if you don't have a hot shoe you would need a PC to  
hot shoe adapter/cable. Don't get me wrong, it does work in TTL mode on  
the M7 or M6TTL with the appropriate module, and it works in Auto on  
the M6 "Classic" or earlier, but only at the normal 1/50 sync speed or  
slower.

OTOH, it really feels big on the camera. The Leica SF 20 is  
manufactured by Metz, and it's is about time fro Leica to get Metz to  
make a successor that has the HSS function - as someone suggested a "SF  
25".

Oh, I almost forgot, if you're willing to mess around with manual flash  
the 54 MZ-3 also does second curtain sync on the M7.

Hope this helps,

Gilbert

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Replies: Reply from Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net> (Re: [Leica] M7 High Speed Sync [was: Glamour...Glamour..Glamour Contest - Steve Unsworth's shot])
Reply from Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net> (Re: [Leica] M7 High Speed Sync [was: Glamour...Glamour..Glamour Contest - Steve Unsworth's shot])