Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My guess is it's really a Metz flash, so leave it to another German company to get some things wrong(like that screw lock dial). But, it does the job it is supposed to do. Great flash indeed. And it works on my new Bronica RF. Non-TTL, but a bonus it works! Now I need another flash. Chris Williams New Orleans - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Austin Franklin" Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 9:21 PM Subject: [Leica] Got my SF-20 flash... > Along with my M Motor, I received my SF-20. Operationally, it seems very > nice...in fact, I was surprised it actually gets the ASA from the camera! > > Two "complaints". One, it's built like a toy. Could they have made it any > flimsier? Second is the screw around the flash shoe...WHAT WERE THEY > THINKING? They want me to crank that down onto the top deck of the camera > and mar up the top deck? Were their "engineers" drinking heavily when they > "designed" this thing? I mean, operationally, the flash is great...but the > mechanicals of this thing are just really terrible. > > Thanks for people's recommendations, though it's a vertical flash, I think > because of it's small size and operational ability I can live with it... > > Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html