madNbad Posted September 3, 2011 Share #21 Posted September 3, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) The left arrow is showing underexposure. If you are in a situation where the arrows are showing correct exposure then you can use the flash for fill or highlight. Most of the time when you are in a situation where the flash is necessary to light the subject the left arrow will continue to show until the shutter is tripped. After the shutter is fired, the lighting bolt will flash several times to show a correct exposure but the underexposure arrow (left) will disappear. The arrows are for making exposures without the flash. The dot in the center shows a proper exposure. Left is under exposed, right is over exposed. With a flash you are looking for the lightning bolt. Set the flash to TTL and select which aperture you wish to use. The display on the back of the flash will show you the maximum distance you can use the flash with that particular aperture. Smaller aperture for closer, more open for distance. The TTL will adjust for a lot of it but a test roll is still the final arbitrator. Hope this helps and we are all more than willing to answer your questions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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budrichard Posted September 3, 2011 Share #22 Posted September 3, 2011 For SF24D usage with an M7, if the M7 is in AUTO and the SF24D in TTL, there is no left arrow visible. I would expect that for the SF20, the situation would be the same. If the left arrow shows in the M7 finder, then the M7 must be set to the flash speed or less on the M7 for correct flash exposure. How is the OP actually using the SF20 with the M7?-Dick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
budrichard Posted September 3, 2011 Share #23 Posted September 3, 2011 "Where most other camera's have a mirror and a zoom with a not very wide aperture, Leica M can be used till 1/15S on hand and the glass goes till 0,95. So in practice there is less reason to use a flash unit early when light conditions are not very good anymore." There is quite a bit of difference in a photograph taken under available light circumstances and the same photograph taken with flash. The contrast range is significantly higher with flash. In many cases available light is just not suitable for a photograph unless one wants a significant degradation in contrast and resulting image.-Dick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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