Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The TTL should not fire above 1/50. Make sure that you have pushed the flash all the way home and, while you are at it, give the contacts a good cleaning with a pencil eraser. Are you using the pc terminal or the hotshoe? John Collier > From: "Carleton, Sam" <Sam.Carleton@FMR.COM> > > I had checked to make sure I was at a real shutter speed, I was at a 30th of > a second. The thing I find strange is how the light meter was not working, > then all of a sudden it started working. I put on the flash and the light > meter stopped working. > > Now that I think about it, the first time I used a flash I had some miss > fires, also. But what I noticed was that I was at a shutter speed of 125th. > I just figured that the camera did not fire the flash when above the flash > sync shutter speed. Is this impression correct? > > Sam > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Collier [SMTP:jbcollier@powersurfr.com] > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 3:42 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; Carleton, Sam > Subject: Re: [Leica] problems with a new M6 TTL > > Check your batteries first. Perhaps you forgot to switch it to > "off". The > flash is electronically controlled at the hotshoe and the pc > terminal; no > battery, no flash. > > John Collier > >> From: "Carleton, Sam" <Sam.Carleton@FMR.COM> >> >> Well, I have had my M6 TTL .58 for coming up on four weeks now. > Today >> something very strange was happening. When I pulled the camera > out to >> shoot, the light meter was not working. I have been leaving the > camera in >> the OFF position when it is in my bag. After about twenty images > the light >> meter started to work again. Then I put the flash on and the > light meter >> stopped working again. >> >> It is my understanding that the TTL does not work when the camera > has no >> batteries, but I thought that the camera would still sync the > flash. When >> the light meter was not working, the flash simply would not fire. > I am >> using a Metz 32Z-2. >> >> Has anyone seen this before? Is there something I am doing wrong > or does >> the camera need to go back to Leica and get looked at? >> >