Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]2000-01-15-09:06:04 Ruralmopics@aol.com: > TTL metering allows auto flash exposure at any aperture. Presumedly > that would include very wide open apertures thus allowing the use of > just the slightest amount of flash to fill in shadows or raise > contrast just a bit . . . Which will be useful while the sun's out when they get the the new shutter in there, with the higher sync speed. Which many people (quite possibly including myself) might not like for all occasions, because it'll probably be metal-bladed, and electronically-timed to boot. Which is why the pre-TTL M6 would've been a fine place to stick an R6.2-like stake in the ground for traditionalists, then give people like the R8 design team (they did an *exceptional* job) a nearly-clean piece of paper for the next generation. Unless they're really out of M6 electronics, and for some reason can't make more. That's a scary idea.