Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Oxymoronic request
From: Donal Philby <donalphilby@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 18:54:45 -0800

Eric Welch wrote:
> 
> One thing the Metz 40 MZ-3 has over most other flashes (except Minolta as
> far as I can remember is the exception)  is cord-free multiflash TTL sync.
> Pretty cool, if one can afford several of these babies at $400 plus, and
> the infrared units for each of the extra flashes. If I was a serious
> location shooter, or corporate shooter, I'd have a bunch of them.

I recently bought a 'Lite-Link.'  It attached to SB-2X and does
cordless.  It turns on and off when on-camera flash turns on and off. 
So meter reads what ever flash light there is and signal oncamera to
stop.  Voila, ttl cordless.  It works like a charm.  And isn't limited
to 1/60th or slower as I hear Metz is.  Plus it will trigger by any ttl
smart flash, so will work with your Metz.  Two versions--N and C and
about $150.  to do a portrait, put slave close and to one side, use
other oncamera.  The slave becomes main light and the on camera becomes
fill.  So pick up some used SB-24s and some lite links.  Drop into a
room, scatter them around and open fire.  And if you want to do it in
the rain--Ikelite (makers of underwater stuff) producted it first for
their UW strobes--buy a couple UW strobes and go to town.

donal

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Donal Philby
San Diego
http://www.donalphilby.com