Leica User Forum - View Single Post - M8 and Olympus FL-36 flash.....works !

ck1 · 30.03.2007, 20:38

Riley: Yep - you can't alter light output with the wheel with M8/Fl-36 combo BUT instead the wheel alters F stop you've told the flah that the camera is using, so net effect is identical.

This seems to be an small, light very well made unit. My preliminary view is that this combo is almost perfect for flash photgraphy with the M8. Granted, the lack of auto ttl makes it less ideal for "automate-everything-point-and-shoot-photography", but is doesn't take more than 10 mins to remember / learn how to use a flash this (good old) way.

There is even a diffuser built in to the flash head for 16 to 25mm lenses. The two Leica diffusers were (a) separate from the flash head (and thus always being lost) and (b) impossible to tell apart !

David: I'll try the diffuser with the 15mm CV tomorrow (providing Benny's not having another hissy fit)....it should work fine...

30.03.2007, 20:38	#20 (permalink)
ck1 Benutzer Join Date: 26.02.2006 Location: London Posts: 48	Re: M8 and Olympus FL-36 flash.....works ! Riley: Yep - you can't alter light output with the wheel with M8/Fl-36 combo BUT instead the wheel alters F stop you've told the flah that the camera is using, so net effect is identical. This seems to be an small, light very well made unit. My preliminary view is that this combo is almost perfect for flash photgraphy with the M8. Granted, the lack of auto ttl makes it less ideal for "automate-everything-point-and-shoot-photography", but is doesn't take more than 10 mins to remember / learn how to use a flash this (good old) way. There is even a diffuser built in to the flash head for 16 to 25mm lenses. The two Leica diffusers were (a) separate from the flash head (and thus always being lost) and (b) impossible to tell apart ! David: I'll try the diffuser with the 15mm CV tomorrow (providing Benny's not having another hissy fit)....it should work fine... Last edited by ck1; 30.03.2007 at 20:45.