Re: [Leica] bouncing SF-20

[Gilbert Plantinga <gilplant@earthlink.net>]

Nikon's SC-17 TTL cord or the Contax TLA 100 Extension Cord will let you use
the flash off camera, pointed at the wall or ceiling. The Contax is cheaper
and a little shorter.

> From: Denice Martone <denice.martone@nyu.edu>
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 14:32:21 -0500
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] bouncing SF-20
> 
> 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
>