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Subject: [Leica] Learnt something about my R8 today.
From: fredhess at phenix-visuals.nl (Fred Hess / Phenix Visuals NL)
Date: Sun Mar 19 23:54:17 2006
References: <684B1D99-30CE-4EC6-BEE1-1FFC2C0EB007@dodo.com.au>

Hello Rick,

I agree with you: the F-mode is great inthe R8. Especially in combination
with the DMR. Since fill-in TTL-flash is not working anymore with the A- and
P-mode with the DMR attached..

I am looking forward to your scarlet robin pictures.

Kind regards Fred


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Dykstra" <rdcb37@dodo.com.au>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 5:49 AM
Subject: [Leica] Learnt something about my R8 today.


> It's about 9 years that I've been using R8's now and today I learnt
> something new.  A feature I like with set-piece nature shots is the F
> mode, where I can check for ideal dosage of flash ahead of time.  Its
> always bugged me that the F mode and the m mode were at opposite ends
> of the dial as I like to check the ambient light conditions before
> testing with the flash.  The thing I 'discovered' today was that it's
> possible to get an ambient-light-only reading with F mode - just
> leave the flash off and press down the depth of field preview
> lever.   Bingo, the light meter scale illuminates and displays the
> results based on ambient light only!  Turn on the flash and do it
> again to see what the flash is contributing.  This is good.  The
> flash meter built into the R8 and R9 is a great feature.
>
> I drove up into the mountains again today simply to finish off a roll
> that I've been slowly working through over the last three trips.  'Da
> boyds' decided to help me out.  A mum and dad pair of Scarlet Robins
> took turns landing 2.7 meters away from my 560mm lens, and copped a
> dose of precisely metered Metz flash.  I'll post the shots later this
> week.
>
> Rick.
>
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In reply to: Message from rdcb37 at dodo.com.au (Rick Dykstra) ([Leica] Learnt something about my R8 today.)