Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/26

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Subject: [Leica] Best flash for M8?
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Tue Dec 26 08:09:56 2006
References: <380-2200612226155619882@M2W009.mail2web.com>

Doug,

I asked the Leica rep directly about the M8 and TTL flash. He told me  
the SF24D works on the M8 in TTL mode. What I don't know is if Leica  
uses a separate flash sensor on the M8 as they do on the M7 and  
measure the light off of the shutter curtain. This is what leica says  
about TTL and the m8 without explaining anything. I'll do more research.

New creativity: Flash photography with the M8
The modern metal-blade slotted shutter enables extremely fast flash  
synchronization times down to 1/250 second. The new M-TTL flash  
technology ensures natural flash illumination through the activation  
of a metering pre-flash. The auto slow sync. function now allows  
available light exposures without camera shake in aperture priority  
mode combined with a natural fill-in flash.

Len


On Dec 26, 2006, at 10:56 AM, telyt@earthlink.net wrote:

>> ... only the SF24D (that I know of) will work TTL with the M8.
>
> ???
>
> I thought that without work-arounds TTL flash was an issue for any  
> digital
> camera because of the reflective properties of the sensor.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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