Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/30
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My wife has an RE and uses a Metz 40 MZ2. The battery problem was solved
very nicely with the Metz handle. It is a bracket that "converts" the flash
head to handle mount. The handle holds four C batteries. The flash on the
bracket is easy to handle and provides enough power for a lot of shooting.
kw
>As a matter of fact, it is a battery hog now that I think of it, but then
>it's more powerful than most of the competition.
>
>On the other hand, the R8 is purely battery friendly! I've had the same set
>of batteries now since April in the R8 with winder, and I rewind almost all
>of my film by the winder, and I have yet to replace them.
>
>That's got to be several hundred rolls of film so far...
>--
>
>Eric Welch
>St. Joseph, MO
>http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch
>
>She's always late. Her ancestors arrived on the June Flower.
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