Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > Felix, > > Since TTL on Digital is very different from on film I would guess it > will only work in manual mode. I do not know as I do not have an SF20 > nor an M8. I am simply talking from knowing how the flash has to work > on Digital. With digital the sensor is like a mirror, very reflective. > Since it is so reflective the flash can not meter the reflected light > from the film plane and turn off at moment of proper exposure as it did > in film. So with digital the flash fires a pre-flash to meter, then > almost instantly fires the exposing flash. The need to change this is > one reason flash photography for digital has taken a while to get to the > point flash on film was 10 years ago. > > Hope this helps some. > > Harrison I know as when going from film to digital in Canon. my flash had to be "retired" letting place for a new model but I'll try to shoot as simple as possible keeping my SF-20 that worked flawlessly in my N7 and R8. Regards. Felix.