Antonio Pereira Jiménez Posted January 29, 2012 Share #1 Posted January 29, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello. I want to buy a flash for my Leica Digilux 2. Can you recommend anyone? thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wda Posted January 29, 2012 Share #2 Posted January 29, 2012 For close work (up to 2 meters) I find the in-built bounce flash useful indoors. Boost ISO to 200 and set f/2 and a slowish shutter speed safe for hand holding. Otherwise I use the Leica SF20 on a remote cord (search the forum for recommendations of source) which is a bargain second hand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybob Posted February 2, 2012 Share #3 Posted February 2, 2012 I would second that within 2 meters the on camera bounce is pretty good. Any Nikon Speedlight from the past 15 years attached to their remote cord, SC-29 will serve you pretty well, used manually or on "A". If you want to mount it on the camera, the smaller ones (SB-15 or 27 or whatever their newest one is) are much easier to keep upright. I'd look for one that swivels and tilts so you can aim and bounce while keeping that "A" sensor pointed in the right direction. A used SB-15 in perfect condition should cost no more than 35 dollars. With any second hand flash, check the battery compartment, it should be VERY clean with no green or blue stuff on the battery contacts. The good news is that any flash with an auto or manual setting and a foot that slides into a hot shoe will work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugby Posted February 4, 2012 Share #4 Posted February 4, 2012 I wrote this on a Metz flash I use with my D2..... a few years ago .... I bought a Metz 40MZ-3i and the mandatory SCA3502-M4 shoe. I can say that the twin reflectors of this Metz is really superb, ie it can send 90% light to bounce, and 10% as fill-in. The Metz 40 range sit's easier on a D2, than the cobra shaped 54 range. The lower profile Metz 40 does not produce any red-eye. The 40 and 54 are almost identical in power output. But the 54 is much heavier than the 40. The 54 is newer and replaced the 40 range. I can also say, do not under-estimate how good the built-in D2 flash is. For shorter distance shot's I prefer my D2 built-in flash. The Metz is too powerful for these close shots, ie less than 3 metres The SF24D does not do bounce, so in one sense, is not as good as the D2 bulit-in flash, except the SF24D is more powerful for straight line flash than the D2 straight line flash. A Metz 40MZ-3i from ebay is about the same price (+/- 25%) as a new SF24D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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