Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/29
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From pgs Mon Jan 13 18:54:10 -0400 1997
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
I recently picked up a used Braun Ultrablitz 34m for cheap. It's
a nice enough powerful flash, it tilts, and it has an SCA 350
module on it. That means I can mount it on an R6 and see the
ready light in the viewfinder, but it won't use the TTL flash
metering capability of the camera. For that I need an SCA 351
module -- the SCA 350 module is for an R4 camera.
Now, here's a question. All SCA 351 modules connect to SCA 300
flashes, and that's a standardized interface. But is it
standardize down to the connectors? Are all SCA 351 modules
created equal? Can I buy an SCA 351 module from, say, Metz and
plug it into this flash? The SCA 350 module that's on there now
is identical to a Metz one, as far as I can tell, but I can't tell
much.
So, I thought I would answer my own question here: Yes, apparently all
SCA 300 system adapters are created equal. I tried out a Metz SCA 351
adapter on my flash, and it works fine. Now if only I had a manual
for this flash, I could figure out what some of those obscure buttons
do... anybody have any suggestions on where to get one?
- -Patrick