David Kratochvil Posted November 14, 2013 Share #1 Â Posted November 14, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I now found out, that my Leica X2 works great with my Canon Speedlite 430EX II. Â There is no TTL but it syncs up to 1/2000 Â Do you have any experiences with external (non-Leica) flashes? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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earleygallery Posted November 14, 2013 Share #2 Â Posted November 14, 2013 Any flash with a manual/auto mode will work, as they only use the centre hotshoe contact to activate the flash. The only issue is to be careful of some older units that might fry the electrics! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brill64 Posted November 16, 2013 Share #3 Â Posted November 16, 2013 play around with some manual settings on any flash...eventually you will find a look that suits you at your preferred aperture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Albertson Posted November 16, 2013 Share #4 Â Posted November 16, 2013 Any flash with a manual/auto mode will work, as they only use the centre hotshoe contact to activate the flash. The only issue is to be careful of some older units that might fry the electrics! Â Or avoid using the hot shoe (necessary if using the EVF) and slave the flash (off-camera)to the pop-up flash on the X2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_Medrano Posted November 17, 2013 Share #5 Â Posted November 17, 2013 Any flash with a manual/auto mode will work, as they only use the centre hotshoe contact to activate the flash. The only issue is to be careful of some older units that might fry the electrics! Â What do you mean some older units? Units of flash or units of camera? Explain it clearly please, im using a flash trigger on my leica x2 for canon and a canon external flash Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brill64 Posted November 17, 2013 Share #6 Â Posted November 17, 2013 What James is talking about is whether or not a(ny) camera has adequate protection for high trigger voltages. Some very early flash units could give 200Volts through the hotshoe which in older cameras/flash combos could fry the electronics. It's also one of the reasons you're warned in the manual never to open a flash unit as they hold a high voltage charge. Modern camera hotshoes are protected & not generally prone to this phenomenon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_Medrano Posted November 17, 2013 Share #7 Â Posted November 17, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) but mine, i'm using my hot shoe to put a flash trigger for studio shots, is that safe??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brill64 Posted November 18, 2013 Share #8 Â Posted November 18, 2013 Radio flash triggers fitted to your hotshoe are perfectly safe for off camera strobe firing as are direct fitting of small flash units to modern camera hotshoes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_Medrano Posted November 18, 2013 Share #9 Â Posted November 18, 2013 Im using phottix strato 2 flash trigger for canon on my leica x2 :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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