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Subject: [Leica] Another M9 question
From: tomschofield at comcast.net (Tom Schofield)
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 15:03:19 -0700
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Very true!  I bought the sf20 when I bought the M7 and maybe used it twice!  
Which is to a large part why I don't want to spend $500-800 on a new flash!

Sometimes when I take shots of my wife's preschool class, I want more DOF 
than available light allows, and I am thinking of trying macro with it 
either with a viso or a macro adapter, if I could find one used.  (I can get 
pretty close with the 75mm, too.)

Of course, a cheap canon dslr with an R adapter might be an easier choice 
for macro.

Tom

Sent from my iPad

On Oct 5, 2010, at 2:48 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> The whole point of Leica rangefinders is to use available light.  Why would
> you ever want to use a flash with a rangefinder?  Just say NO to flash.
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Tom Schofield <tomschofield at 
> comcast.net>wrote:
> 
>> I found, much to my chagrin, that there is no ttl flash with an m9 and 
>> sf20
>> or Metz 54mz + sca3502.  Metz shows no new adapter for m9/s2 giving ttl
>> control.  An ebay seller is advertising a Metz 54mz + sca3702 (Pentax)
>> adapter for m9 & s2.  I asked him, and he says it works ttl with those
>> cameras.
>> 
>> Anyone hear of this before?  I'd much rather spend $100 on an adapter than
>> $800 on an sf 58! (and, yes, I know that if I can spend $7 k on the 
>> camera,
>> I should be able to spend another $800 for the flash, plus $200/ lens x 6
>> for coding, etc.)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Tom Schofield
>> 
>> 
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> 
> 
> -- 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
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