Shooting quickly with the SL with flash: impossible?

[Harpomatic]

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Hello everyone,

 

I am shooting events professionally (wedding and others) and have switched from Sony A9s to the SL2-S.

I have used on camera bounce flash and off camera flash with the Sony with no issues at all, shooting quickly 2-3 frames or even more in fast evolving situations.

It always delivered with no hesitation.

Enter the SL2-S: I got myself a Godox XproII L and a Leica SF60 kit to use with my existing Godox off camera kit and to have an on camera flash with TTL.

I need help with this: using either the transmitter (which is designed for Leica) and the Leica SF60 I can’t shoot more that a frame per second, no matter the flash power (even at 1/128). No way to shoot faster, it just won’t shoot. 1st or 2nd curtain makes no difference. A or M mode, no difference.

I have tried another SF60, the SF64, The SF40 as well, always the same story.

I put a generic flash on, centre pin activation only, I can shoot as fast as I like with the flash.

What is going on? I Leica limiting the shooting speed on purpose? Is there a way to circumvent this?

Thanks for your help!

[FrankX]

That's really surprising. I hope someone here can solve this problem. I am currently thinking about the same flash setup (coming from Fuji). Thus I would appreciate any comments.

[Harpomatic]

@FrankX this is really helpful in another thread. I am going to talk to Leica directly and see what the problem is!