[Leica] Leica's new SF 58 flash - price gouging

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)]

Interesting, my SB800 has a plastic shoe, its about 3 years old, I bought it 
right after I got the D200, which is now my wife's. ?Yes that cheap plastic 
lever is a joke. ?Personally, I like the old flash shoe that Nikon used on 
the old F series cameras the best, although they were a pain when it came to 
rewinding the film. ?;-) ?I'm not sure I have ever seen a flash hot shoe 
that was metal, I will have to go to the local camera shop and look at the 
current Nikon offerings.


The Leica flashes these days do have a nice metal pin that slides into a 
hole in the camera mount to hold it very securely.


I paid $350 for a Metz 14 years ago for my R4. ?2 years ago I priced a Metz 
unit for my M8 and they wanted $675 without the adapter.?


Gene? -------------- Original message from "Chris Williams" <leicachris at 
worldnet.att.net>: --------------


> SB80,SB800,SB900 all metal shoes. Crap plastic locking switch, but metal 
> shoes.
> 
> I'm just questioning a $600+ plastic flash price. Metz are great flashes, 
> I 
> had the older top of the line with my R8 but that flash was about $350 if 
> I 
> recall.
> 
> Let the German plastic vs Japanese plastic begin!
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: \Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica's new SF 58 flash - price gouging
> 
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> >
> >
> > Metz charges $700 for their flash units without the adapter, so why not 
> > Leica? At least it has the adapter.
> >
> >
> > Chris, which Nikon flash unit has a metal shoe? The 3 I have are all 
> > plastic.
> >
> >
> > Gene
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