Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/10
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Let me add my "data point" to those of my other LUG colleagues: My new
(month-old) M6 does the same thing--fires when the shutter button is pressed
on an untensioned shutter--with all four flashes I own. And all four flashes
sync perfectly when the shutter is tensioned. Seems like a nonproblem yet I
too wonder how the flash "knows" when to fire when the shutter is tensioned.
I suspect Leica has a very old and simple mechanical firing solution in the
shutter mechanism which assures synchronization.
-Phil Kronenberg, Reston, Virginia
At 10:32 PM 98-03-09 -0500, you wrote:
>>> Is this normal? And, if merely depressing the button
>(without the
>>>shutter moving) fires the flash, how can the flash "know" exactly
>when to go
>
>
>>Eric Welch
>>It should not do that. Have it checked out.
>