Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/03

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Subject: [Leica] M9P in a Fashion Studio
From: digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird)
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 09:34:59 -0500
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Nikon flash remotes work on M9s? Or am I missing something?

Jim Laird

On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 6:32 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jun 2, 2012, at 5:52 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> May well be so Sonny. It was just a curiosity to see in the video clip.
>>> From memory, the Thumbs Up model with the cold shoe on top has adustable
>> tension and a screw in the centre to hold it firmly in place. Still after
>> the modification, it might be best to test this on someone else's camera
>> lest you fry your own ;-) ;-)
>>
>
> Don't think triggers pass enough voltage to fry the camera, nor do the 
> Leica flashes. ?All you would be doing is extending the center contact..
>
> A more elegant mod could be derived from stealing the parts from a Nikon 
> remote flash shoe.
>
> Then you could maintain TTL control
>
>
>
>> Cheers,
>> Geoff
>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2 June 2012 23:17, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> That would be a easy mod. ?A guy with a drill press, a rivet and a 
>>> plastic
>>> washer could make it work in about five minutes.
>>>
>>>
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