Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Gilbert, I have not yet experienced this problem. I am waiting for my Leica R8/DMR to return from Solms Germany after a repair. I have a SCA 3502/M3 and a 54 Mz-3 as well, as soon as my camera returns I will check thise combination. I wonder which firmware they will install? Kind regards Fred Hess ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Gilbert Plantinga" <lists@gilplant.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 7:09 PM Subject: [Leica] R8/DMR w/ Metz 54 MZ-3 > Recently I had my DMR repaired by Leica NJ and it came back with the > firmware update 1.3. Now when I use it with my Metz 54 MZ-3 and the > SCA 3502 adapter the flash is showing an incorrect ISO value. With > the camera set to ISO 100 the flash shows ISO 125; camera at ISO 400, > flash ISO 500 &c. > > I use the flash mostly in auto mode, occasionally in manual (TTL only > with the film back on the R8). The SCA adapter is an older version > marked M2 (I believe the current version is M4). Curiously, the flash > behaved normally before the repair and firmware upgrade, and it > continues to work normally on the R8 with the film back and on my > M7s. It's only 1/3 of a stop and it's easy to compensate (though not > easy to remember if I'm switching between cameras on a job). > > Has anyone else experienced this problem? > > Gilbert > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >