Digilux 2 External Flash ?

[rollsman4]

I just purchased a Leica Digilux 2 Camera. I want to use a external flash on the hot shoe and on a bracket using a pc cord to the camera. I have a Nikon SB24 flash and using it on manual and the camera on manual. Any help is appreciated, thank you, rollsman
my email is : rollsman4@yahoo.com

[wparsonsgisnet]

Rollsman,

If you go to Photo Strobe Trigger Voltages

you will see that your flash dumps 3.8 to 5.4 v into the hot shoe during use. This should be ok for the D2. I believe it can take up to 6v without becoming scrambled eggs.

For off-camera use you will need an adapter, and I recommend you get a Wein HSHS adapter. In addition to sitting in the hot shot and providing another hot shoe for your use, it has 2 functions. It prevents more than 6v from reaching the camera's hot shoe, thereby preventing the creation of scrambled eggs from your camera. It also has a pc-adapter. You can use this to attach an off-camera cord between the flash and the HSHS adapter.

I always carry HSHS shoes with me, just in case I need to use some alien flash -- or studio strobes of uncertain output -- and to provide the pc-connection.

I have used external flash with my D2. I suggest you set the flash to Automatic and the D2 to 1/250 (max for external flash) and the aperture to that recommended by the flash setup.

Works like a charm.

Regards,

[rollsman4]

Bill Thank you for all that info. I will check into it asap. I feel better already. I just hope the D2 is worthy of its reputation, Thanks, rollsman

[elgenper]

Some years ago, I e-mailed Leica with the same question, and got the following answer:

"Dear Mr. Öfverbeck,

Thank you for your e-mail. It is possible to use external flashes but with a trigger voltage of no more than 14V.


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> I would like to use a couple of manual electronic flash units in the hot
shoe of my Digilux 2, but I am a bit worried about the risk of damaging the
camera electronics with the trigger voltage of the flash.
> However, the instruction manual, page 144, states that \"The ISO flash
shoe of the LEICA DIGILUX 2 also allows the use of more powerful, external
flash units\" (then stating *preferrably* SCA-3002 standard units, and
specifically recommending the SF 24 D). Nowhere in the manual is any
warning about possible damage.
> Does this mean that it is safe to use any external flash unit on the D2?
As far as I can measure, the highest trigger voltage of my flash units is
about 14 V."

So 14 V may be considered an official answer; on other sites I´ve seen voltages as high as 250 V cited as "safe". Personally, I´m not going to try anything above 14 V after receiving that answer.

The fact that the limit given was exactly what I wrote was the highest voltage in my own arsenal just *might* be construed as an indication that the true limit is indeed far higher, but they didn´t want the exact value known....

[wparsonsgisnet]

Rollsman, I used the D2, exclusively, for 3 years until my M8 arrived.

It is a superb camera, produces wonderful images, and is QUIET. I miss both the quiet part and the zoom lens. Mine is just back from getting a sensor replacement and I will pick it up tomorrow.

In terms of quality of image, I have a 13x15 inch print that comes from about 1/10 of the capture. On a sensor of 6.6 x 8.8 mm, that less than 1x1 mm worth of pixels. that print is a little "grainy", but viewed from 3 feet, it looks perfectly good. the color saturation and contrast are just fine.

You're going to love this camera.

Regards,

[rollsman4]

Thank you Bill. I ckecked the Nikon SB24/26 and the voltage is safe to use on the Digilux 2. Thanks so much. rollsman