Flash for M10R

[jtm10R]

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Any recommendations for a 3rd party flash for the M10R? 

[jaapv]

None - TTL only works with Leica lenses

 

[jtm10R]

hey jaapv, did you mean ttl only works with Leica flash?

[Gobert]

2 minutes ago, jtm10R said:

hey jaapv, did you mean ttl only works with Leica flash?

The only aspect I dislike from the M-system.

[Luke_Miller]

Leica M TTL requires a Leica brand flash.  I have three of them, the SF24D, SF64, and SF40.  Can't speak to the M10, but my experience with Leica M TTL is that it suffers from the same limitations as its center weighted metering. It is easily fooled by some scenes.  For example a backlighted subject might call for a touch of fill flash, but Leica M TTL will refuse to provide it thinking the scene is already properly illuminated. For those situations another flash exposure mode mode works beautifully - Auto (auto-thyrister, not to be confused with Auto on the SF40 and SF60).  Auto is a mode in which the flash meters the flash illumination of the subject and quenches the flash output when proper exposure has been achieved.  In order to do this the flash requires knowledge of the shooting aperture and ISO setting.  The SF24D and SF64 have this mode as well as a lot of third party flashes. My older Nikon flashes work fine in Auto mode.  

[Photoworks]

3 hours ago, Luke_Miller said:

For example a backlighted subject might call for a touch of fill flash, but Leica M TTL will refuse to provide it thinking the scene is already properly illuminated.

funny you say that. I have the same in the SL2 and it is very frustrating  when I sky is in the frame.

I didn't get it on the M10-P or the Q2. I consider it a bug, or a serious mistake 

[Helge]

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vor 6 Stunden schrieb Luke_Miller:

 

Edited August 3, 2021 by Helge
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