Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Rick, I agree with you: the F-mode is great inthe R8. Especially in combination with the DMR. Since fill-in TTL-flash is not working anymore with the A- and P-mode with the DMR attached.. I am looking forward to your scarlet robin pictures. Kind regards Fred ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Dykstra" <rdcb37@dodo.com.au> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 5:49 AM Subject: [Leica] Learnt something about my R8 today. > It's about 9 years that I've been using R8's now and today I learnt > something new. A feature I like with set-piece nature shots is the F > mode, where I can check for ideal dosage of flash ahead of time. Its > always bugged me that the F mode and the m mode were at opposite ends > of the dial as I like to check the ambient light conditions before > testing with the flash. The thing I 'discovered' today was that it's > possible to get an ambient-light-only reading with F mode - just > leave the flash off and press down the depth of field preview > lever. Bingo, the light meter scale illuminates and displays the > results based on ambient light only! Turn on the flash and do it > again to see what the flash is contributing. This is good. The > flash meter built into the R8 and R9 is a great feature. > > I drove up into the mountains again today simply to finish off a roll > that I've been slowly working through over the last three trips. 'Da > boyds' decided to help me out. A mum and dad pair of Scarlet Robins > took turns landing 2.7 meters away from my 560mm lens, and copped a > dose of precisely metered Metz flash. I'll post the shots later this > week. > > Rick. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >