Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pascal: Well it's always better to test first. There may be several things with this set up. Most of the time when your in the program mode the camera will default to the 1/250 sec shutter speed and if your lighting a large area then the small out put of this unit will not do the job. For this reason I usually use the camera on "M" and try to use the flash to fill with the daylight or room light acting as the main light, in a lot of cases this will require a tripod or mono pod or the table top. The other thing that comes to mind is the +/- EV control on the bottom of the unit. Was this turned on or off and if on was it in the neutral setting? Did you have the unit set to the mm of the lens or wider? I've been using this light (40MZ-3i) for about months and find that it is really a good unit and does the job. But again I find that I need to mix the available light with the strobe for the best results and this is often at 1/30 sec or slower. I've not shot any chromes , all hs been color negative and the results are very good with great color and density. Cheers Wilber GFTBE Pascal wrote: > I am now examining the Velvia and Provia slides taken during our holiday > trip in Germany. While the results are generally excellent, I noticed > serious problems with flash exposures. > > Two flashes were used: either the Metz 40 MZ-3i or the new Leica SF20. > The latter worked well for daylight fill-in flash BTW. > The problems were all in settings where I was e.g. taking details of > statues and wall decorations in churches and so on. > > I am not much of a "flash man", so my remarks may risk sounding like a > beginner. > > I am always working in Program mode on the R8 (lens on smallest f-stop, > shutter time dial on 30 P, flash in TTL mode). Never ventured into the > more elaborate A mode with flash. I am sure than I am within maximum > flash range for the respective flash. > What the hell I am doing wrong? > > TIA > > Pascal > NO ARCHIVE > > -------------------------------------------------------- > See my photo pages at http://members.xoom.com/cyberplace/ > -------------------------------------------------------- > t h i n k d i f f e r e n t a p p l e c o m p u t e r > -------------------------------------------------------- > <<< PGP public key available on request >>>