Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/08

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Subject: [Leica] big dumb R TTL question
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Sun Oct 8 07:51:48 2006

Eric,

I have not tried it, but I would think putting the R8/9 in Manual Mode and 
setting the shutter speed to the speed desired would work to slow the flash 
shutter speed down.

Gene

-------------- Original message from "Eric Korenman" <faneuil@gmail.com>: 
-------------- 


> Ok - So here is my R8/R9 question. 
> 
> When shooting TTL flash is there anyway to shoot slower than 1/250 sec? 
> When I flip my Metz flash in to TTL mode, my R8 forces 1/250 shutter 
> speed. 
> 
> For this reason I often shoot in A mode so I can drag the shutter. 
> But, as we know, A mode is not always quite as accurate, so I'd prefer TTL 
> mode. 
> 
> And a followup question -- Anyone having success shooting TTL flash with 
> the 
> DMR? 
> You aren't supposed to be able to, but I sometime have luck with flash 
> dialed down to -3 compensation. 
> 
> Eric 
> 
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> 
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