grober Posted February 18, 2007 Share #21 Posted February 18, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) It would be a good thing if everyone reading this thread were to request or Metz or Leica (or both) a newer flash unit capable of integrating with the M8 AND possessing a tilting head. M8 users need a physically smaller flash than Metz' current very large and clumsy products but more powerful that the currently-available but feeble, non-tilting Leica products. Two months ago I exchanged messages with Metz on this very topic. Their response to my query was that they had not yet received their own M8 to be used as a learning tool by their product engineering staff. The lack of a even a primative tilting head on both Leica flash products makes them non-starters in my book. Let's work on this and collectively voice the pressing need for a new product in this space! -g Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guy_mancuso Posted February 19, 2007 Share #22 Posted February 19, 2007 Well I am with you on this , we do need a smaller flash than the Metz 54 for the M8 ,it is just too big plus it does get in the way a little. Actually it does need to have some power so it should be stronger than the leica SF24 . I would say about 1.5 times bigger and twice the power with swiveling head for bounce flash. i know most folks would want TTL but A mode is fine for me but certainly should have manual with adjustable power and also a built in photo slave would be handy for a two strobe operation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrc Posted February 19, 2007 Share #23 Posted February 19, 2007 This works, with a bit of double-sided tape. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/16575-sb-800-flash/?do=findComment&comment=176090'>More sharing options...
marknorton Posted February 19, 2007 Share #24 Posted February 19, 2007 Even LFI in its current article on M8 TTL flash metering admits the the SF-24D is limited. To Guy's list, I'd add a zooming flash head which goes at least as wide a 21mm and out to at least 75mm with manual override - that was one of the additional benefits cited of lens coding. The GNC on the SF-24D is a step up from basic A mode. No point putting all this effort in to do the metering if there are no flashes worth buying which can use it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted February 19, 2007 Share #25 Posted February 19, 2007 Mark good point on the zoomed flash head , forgot that one and very handy to have Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Posted February 19, 2007 Share #26 Posted February 19, 2007 some of you might like to investigate the more powerful versions of ringflash too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted February 19, 2007 Share #27 Posted February 19, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) This works, with a bit of double-sided tape. John, great idea to attach the ring flash to the front of the lens, what do you see through the viewfinder? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrc Posted February 19, 2007 Share #28 Posted February 19, 2007 John, great idea to attach the ring flash to the front of the lens, what do you see through the viewfinder? Mostly, the back of the ring flash (you can see through the upper left corner if you needed to, but not well enough to focus.) I focused, with the camera on a tripod, then simply slipped one of the adapters that comes with the flash over the filter, which was almost, but not quite tight enough to hold it in place, and then shot. My wife has several dozen orchids, and I wondered if I could use the ring flash to shoot them with the M8. I could, but since I have the D2x, it wasn't worth the trouble. It might be for somebody fussier about image quality. I think the flash could be adapted to M8 lenses using a step-up filter adapter (the flash has attachments that will allow it to be used with three different sizes of filters.) You can select (at any power) to have even illumination, illumination partially reduced on one side or the other, or turn either side off completely; I think it's probably the best ring flash ever made. I was using a Really Right Stuff adapter plate (BP-CS) for an RRS ball head, by the way, and the plate works fine and doesn't really affect the handling of the camera. But for most of this kind of stuff, the D2x works better; I just thought I'd chip in because the SB-29 does work with the M8. JC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Heuvelmans Posted April 26 Share #29 Posted April 26 I have recently bought a Leica Q3. Can I use my Nikon SB-800 flash with it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted April 26 Share #30 Posted April 26 Only in manual mode. The flash protocol is different. you are replying to an 18 year old thread regarding the M8 from 2006. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_Miller Posted April 26 Share #31 Posted April 26 2 hours ago, Pierre Heuvelmans said: I have recently bought a Leica Q3. Can I use my Nikon SB-800 flash with it? You may find that Auto (auto thyristor) mode will work as well. In Auto the flash must have the camera ISO setting and shooting aperture info manually entered. Then the flash will control the flash part of the exposure. I don't have the Q3 but this mode works on my M bodies. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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