RE: [Leica] sync at 1/500 sec

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

A somewhat relevant aside...

In case anyone is interested...I have discovered that my Metz 32MZ3 with TTL
adapter will work TTL off camera using the Nikon SC17 flash connecting
cord - a unit with a male shoe conector at one end, and female at the
other....

B. D.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Henning J.
> Wulff
> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 1:08 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] sync at 1/500 sec
>
>
> At 12:06 AM -0400 6/24/00, M.E.Berube - GoodPhotos wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> >As an update of sorts, I was talking about my flash desires with my local
> >shop (PhotoMarket in Portland, ME) and the owner, Pete,  mentioned that
> >Canon and Nikon have flash units for their modern SLRs that will strobe
> >fast enough to allow for a fill flash effect at upto 1/1000 with their FP
> >shutters. What we have yet to ascertain is "will these flash
> units provide
> >the same use on an all manual camera, or does the body need to send a TTL
> >signal of some sort (telepathy?) to the flash in order to take
> advantage of
> >the use."
>
> Yes, only certain bodies work, but only on manual, not in TTL.
> What happens
> is that a lot of little flashes go off. As a result the GN gets severely
> reduced to the point that it is a useless gimmick, and not useful for the
> reason that you want high flash sync, namely outdoor fill. The problem is
> that the flash's output is largely wasted in making sure that the little
> flashes overlap enough to avoid banding at high shutter speeds. Unless
> someone comes up with a whole new concept, between the lens diaphragm type
> shutters are still the solution to fill flash in sunlight at greater
> distances.
>
>    *            Henning J. Wulff
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