Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, The GF-1 does indeed have a hot shoe. I have a couple of really small low power flashes that I've used with other cameras in the past to fire remote strobes. It worked well on the GF-1. I had to give up the EVF, though, which sits on the hot shoe. It's not a big deal when using flash, though I like using the EVF and it pretty much stays on the camera all the time. I like the idea of radio strobes even more than the on-camera flash. Again, a commander mode for the GF-1's on camera flash would have been nice. But there are work-arounds. The D100 "pop-up commander flash" approach was kind of novel in terms of historical engineering work-arounds. Nikon offered a little plastic thingie that mounted on the hot shoe. It obstructed the pop up flash so it wouldn't affect the exposure, but it allowed the pop up to fire slaves. I still have that device, even though I no longer have the D100. It even came with a nice little pouch. It was expensive for a little piece of plastic, as I recall. Not shockingly expensive, like some of the plastic lens hoods with the Leica name that I've bought in the past. I'm not complaining. I've always considered it a privilege to partake in the Leica mystique. You might even call it a vice! :-) Thanks for commenting! Dave R -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+drodgers=casefarms.com at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+drodgers=casefarms.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of George Lottermoser Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 12:09 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG GF-1 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 http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist