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Subject: [Leica] bouncing SF-20
From: Denice Martone <denice.martone@nyu.edu>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 14:32:21 -0500

Hi all, thanks to you (especially Adam C and John C), I've figured 
out how to use the SF-20.  I did not bring my M-6 to Shea Stadium for 
game five of the world series (as an aside -- this is the problem 
with owning a fairly new LEICA -- fear of taking it certain places!) 
Instead I stuck it on my mother's Minolta, (in manual mode I got 
white-out; in automatic I got some reasonable shots). Now to my 
question:  I've read the posts about using (or not using) the SF-20 
flash for fill-in (and on buying alternatives cheaply,) but I really 
want to try to use the SF-20 on my TTL M-6 for fill-in.  I want to 
shoot where there is lot of reflection (windows, aluminum sides) so I 
want to avoid seeing the flash in the photo.  I know about using an 
orange(?) gel to warm the flash, but what about bouncing the light 
when the fixed SF-20 is the main light source? Has anyone found or 
used a dome (diffuser?) on the flash, or is there a way to use a 
bounce card?
yours in amateur hell,
denice