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From: "Gianfranco Irlanda" <
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 6:23 PM
Subject: LX flash question
> Hi everybody,
>
> Maybe some LX owner could help me to understand the strange
> behaviour of my various LX when the AF280T is on the camera.
> What happened is that the camera refused to fire the flash in
> daylight. It happened for something like 7 shots, then I quit
> taking pictures thinking of a faulty thing.
> Back home, I tried the camera, same settings (A, flash on TTL,
> in vertical position, lens on f/4,5), and the flash fired.
> Moving around my room I framed the lamp under the ceiling
and...
> no flash. Only when I closed the aperture to a value that
> allowed the camera to chose a speed under 1/60 (I think 1/50,
> the working speed in TTL flash) then the flash fired again.
> All my LX cameras and both my AF280T act this way.
> Is it normal?
> I always thought that the camera wouldn't bother about the
> amount of light in the frame when in TTL mode.
> Does this mean that there is a sort of Auto flash mode in the
> circuit that controls the flash, or what?
>
> Thanks in advance.
The camera will not trip the flash in TTL Auto unless there is a
full stop difference between the ambient illumination and the
amount of light the camera is actually allowing to hit the film.
If you cover the small contact on the left (I think) side of the
hot shoe with a piece of tape, you can defeat this "feature". It
is the only thing I don't like about the LX.
OTOH, it saved my first one from being worn out shooting
weddings, which is a good thing.
William Robb
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