Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/10

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Subject: [Leica] M9 and Strobes - Question
From: michiel.fokkema at gmail.com (Michiel Fokkema)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:47:37 +0100
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loads of those cheap triggers on Ebay.
The Atlas Phottix is a PW clone which is better and half the price while
fully compatible.
But a $7000 camera should be able to cope with strobes.


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On 10 January 2012 16:08, Chris Williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote:

> Use PW's, safe and easy to use. Why go cheap on a $7K camera?
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> Chris Williams
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> On Jan 10, 2012, at 9:02 AM, Benjamin Marks wrote:
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>  I am planning a series of portraits using my M9 and am wrestling with
>> lighting.  My preference would be to use some large, inexpensive stobes
>> (Flashpoint: Adorama's in-store brand) with soft boxes.  I am a little
>> leary though about hooking up the M9's delicate innards directly to these
>> honking strobes without some sort of plan to protect the camera.   I do
>> have a Wein safe-synch kicking around somewhere, but am interested in
>> other
>> options.  Anyone use a radio control that is less expensive than a pocket
>> wizard?
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Replies: Reply from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] M9 and Strobes - Question)
In reply to: Message from benmarks2005 at gmail.com (Benjamin Marks) ([Leica] M9 and Strobes - Question)
Message from zoeica at mac.com (Chris Williams) ([Leica] M9 and Strobes - Question)