SF 60 - how the $*#&* does TTL work with it?

[lecycliste]

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I’m just about ready to throw my shiny 2 week old SF 60 out the window, and the SF C1 with it. TTL with that #$&@€£ flash on the SL DOES NOT WORK like TTL with a 430EX I or 430EX III-RT on a Canon EOS 5D mk IV.  I cannot get TTL flash exposure compensation to do anything in dim light, within 5 feet or less. Sometimes it doesn’t work at 5-16 feet in dim light outdoors either - it blasts the €#$& out of the scene, even set to -3EV. I’ve tried setting compensation on the SL, on the flash, and on both. It seems to be worse at high ISO. Yes I have set the minimum shutter speed in flash mode to 1/2 second so I can drag the shutter at lower ISO. Sometimes it looks like it kinda works, then other times it doesn’t. 

Manual 1/256 of full power can work slightly better, but even that seems to nuke exposures. Does this only work at ISO 25, just with Kodachrome II?

Has anyone written a book on how to use the SF 60 flash in TTL mode, or have enough experience with it to share a tutorial on how to get it working consistently? 

[fotonutzz]

Initially, I thought it's because the SF60 was too powerful for close range shots.

When I used my SF64 on my SL and aimed at my shoes 3ft away, the flash wasn't blown out at all granted that I have to set the ISO below 400.

Are you using it on the S, SL or M bodies?

[Ingo]

I gave up using SL with TTL on SF40, SF60 or SF64. BTW. The Q works very good with SF40.

If I know that I have to use the flash a lot during a job I take a Lumix G9 which gives me the results I need. 

Leica is far away from Canon etc. when it comes to flash. 

[tpf1952]

I’m with Ingo. I gave up on using on-camera Leica brand flash not only with the SL but the M-10. For Leica, reliable TTL flash is simply not a commitment. For such work I now use another brand of camera, simply use TTL flash that works reliably. 

[sillbeers15]

I never had such negative experiences with SF60s and MG10 with TTL as well as Manual. I always set my camera exposure and ISO to manual and work my way with TTL or manual. 

With TTL, the flash exposure can fluctuate a little and that is normal with any flash until I set it to manual.

i combine one MG10 with two SF60s and the results were consistent.

[ymc226]

Using the SL and 2 SF 60s off camera via TTL works fine. I also use the SL in manual. 

[sillbeers15]

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SF60s & SF C1 are easy to use and gives me the lighting results I wanted. 

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