[Leica] IMG GF-1

[imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)]

beautiful rendering

the camera appears to have a hot shoe
which would allow you to use a flash and slave
or
synch cable
or
radio trigger

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
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On Apr 5, 2010, at 10:27 AM, David Rodgers wrote:

>
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/drodgers/mellowmushroom.jpg.html
>
> The more I use the GF-1 the more I like it. I downloaded Lightroom 3
> beta to process the raw files (rather than use the software that came
> with the camera). I see why people like Lightroom. It will be my  
> primary
> imaging application going forward (replacing a number of proprietary
> applications, including Capture NX2).
>
> Over the weekend I used the GF-1 with a Lumedyne system and several
> monolights. I'd hoped to use the on-camera flash to fire the remote
> strobes. It didn't work due to its pre-image exposure calc flash,  
> which
> caused the strobes to fire early. I mounted a small vivitar flash unit
> on the hot shoe, and that fired off the strobes just fine.
>
> I wish that the GF-1 on-camera flash had some kind of commander mode
> where you could eliminate the pre-flash, but it doesn't (at least not
> that I could find).
>
>
>
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