squirrel$$$bandit
Veteran
How's this for small?
Contax TLA200 on Epson R-D1
It has a zoom head too to match your focal length!
Cheers,
I have often wondered if those worked on the R-D1 or M7. Maybe you can give us a little tutorial? I've got a G2 as well and would eventually want one either way...
charjohncarter
Veteran
You might try to find one of these, it uses real batteries or battery and has a hot shoe (only). And is good for fill flash:
iamzip
Ambitious, but rubbish
My Voigtlaender flash for 110 and Fuji 110 shown on my Bessa L for reference. (It won't actually work this way, since it's a cold shoe). The Voigtlaender flash was made for the Vitoret 110, and there is a very similar one called the V200. The Fujicolor Strobo flash was made for the Pocket Fujica 350 Zoom (world's first 110 zoom camera!). I think I paid $7.00 for the Fuji camera and flash. There are also a ton of small flashes on www.rolleiclub.com.
Attachments
I use a Nikon SB-30 flash on my RF cameras from time to time. Looks a little odd, but its nice and small, and works great.
peterm1
Veteran
The tiny Nikon SB 9 (quite an old fashioned auto flash) is very functional and I have in the past used it a great deal on my M4P. It does not have a separate flash cord however so the camera must be one that has a hotshoe. Its small but the really nice thing is the accuracy of its sensor. I seldom get a dud exposure when using it for fill flash - which is how i mainly have used it.
amateriat
We're all light!
At the moment, I consider myself quite lucky in terms of (relatively) small flash units:
L-R: Metz 34 CS-2, Konica HX-18W, Konica X-14
The tiniest of the three, by a bit more than a whisker, is the Konica X-14 on the right. Purely manual, I mostly use it with a Konica Auto S3, which uses a nifty GN flash system that automatically engages when a flash unit is inserted into the hot shoe. The "14" in the model number happens to be the ISO 100 Guide Number in meters; adjust the flash GN setting on the lens, and the aperture is adjusted automatically according to distance. (A highly advanced version of this was used many years later in the Hexar autofocus.)
The Konica HX-18W in the middle came with my second Hexar RF, along with the 50 f/2 M-Hex. Nothing particularly special: it automatically sets the flash-sync speed on the Hex RF, has two Auto modes as well as manual, and covers focal lengths as wide as 28mm. Reasonably powerful for its size (GN 18).
On the left is the Metz 34 CS-2. Somewhat bigger than the HX-18W, but quite the powerhouse, with a Guide Number of 34:
Metz 34 CS-2, with flash lens accessory swung away
It's also the only flash of the three that has a P.C. socket (cord is separate, but included with flash) for using on cameras without a hot shoe (such as any Leica M prior to the M4-2). It comes with two accessory flash "lenses" for WA (out to 24mm, I believe) or telephoto use. To top all this off, it has a built-in slave-flash function, which has come in handy for me more times than I can count...and I've only had it for about a year. It has three Auto modes, plus Manual.
The only quirk with the Metz has to do with batteries: rather than the AA cells the other two use, this flash uses a pair of CR2 batteries. The downside, of course, is that a pair of CR2s cost a good deal more than a pair of garden-variety AA alkalines; the upside is that you get a lot of flashes from those CR2s. (An additional bonus for me: both my Hexar RF bodies also use CR2s, and I tend to keep at least one spare pair tucked in my bag. Luckily, the Hexars also go a long way on a pair of these batteries.)
- Barrett
L-R: Metz 34 CS-2, Konica HX-18W, Konica X-14
The tiniest of the three, by a bit more than a whisker, is the Konica X-14 on the right. Purely manual, I mostly use it with a Konica Auto S3, which uses a nifty GN flash system that automatically engages when a flash unit is inserted into the hot shoe. The "14" in the model number happens to be the ISO 100 Guide Number in meters; adjust the flash GN setting on the lens, and the aperture is adjusted automatically according to distance. (A highly advanced version of this was used many years later in the Hexar autofocus.)
The Konica HX-18W in the middle came with my second Hexar RF, along with the 50 f/2 M-Hex. Nothing particularly special: it automatically sets the flash-sync speed on the Hex RF, has two Auto modes as well as manual, and covers focal lengths as wide as 28mm. Reasonably powerful for its size (GN 18).
On the left is the Metz 34 CS-2. Somewhat bigger than the HX-18W, but quite the powerhouse, with a Guide Number of 34:
Metz 34 CS-2, with flash lens accessory swung away
It's also the only flash of the three that has a P.C. socket (cord is separate, but included with flash) for using on cameras without a hot shoe (such as any Leica M prior to the M4-2). It comes with two accessory flash "lenses" for WA (out to 24mm, I believe) or telephoto use. To top all this off, it has a built-in slave-flash function, which has come in handy for me more times than I can count...and I've only had it for about a year. It has three Auto modes, plus Manual.
The only quirk with the Metz has to do with batteries: rather than the AA cells the other two use, this flash uses a pair of CR2 batteries. The downside, of course, is that a pair of CR2s cost a good deal more than a pair of garden-variety AA alkalines; the upside is that you get a lot of flashes from those CR2s. (An additional bonus for me: both my Hexar RF bodies also use CR2s, and I tend to keep at least one spare pair tucked in my bag. Luckily, the Hexars also go a long way on a pair of these batteries.)
- Barrett
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cary
Well-known
You might want to take a look at the Vivitar 252 flash, it's very small, uses 2-AA batteries. I got mine at a flea market for $2, and it work well!
amateriat
We're all light!
The irony is, I don't use flash that often (not because of some "thing" against flash per se, but I usually try and do without). When I do need it, it's nice that I don't have to reach for Any Old Thing.
And, when the going gets rougher (a wedding, say), I reach for this:
Hexar RF w/Nikon SB20, shooting a wedding. (Props to Dante Stella for the tip)
- Barrett
And, when the going gets rougher (a wedding, say), I reach for this:
Hexar RF w/Nikon SB20, shooting a wedding. (Props to Dante Stella for the tip)
- Barrett
ferider
Veteran
Love the 34CS-2, also because it works for 28mm. Not too tiny though:
Roland.
Roland.
John Robertson
Well-known
That little holga unit used to be sold in UK under the Wotan brand, I remember it about 15 years ago, they must have bought the design.
jslash6
jeffrey lash
i recently bought a Sunpak PF20XD. its a little bigger than two canisters of film. it has manual control, three auto f/stop settings, a built in diffuser, and two slave modes. it takes up little room in my camera back and has come in handy with my ZI and digi p-n-s.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/471834-REG/Sunpak_PF20XD_PF20XD_Auto_Manual_Digital_Slave.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/471834-REG/Sunpak_PF20XD_PF20XD_Auto_Manual_Digital_Slave.html
iamzip
Ambitious, but rubbish
Don't know if you are sill looking, but there is one of the little Fuji 110 cameras + flash up on the bay. It's currently at only $10 including the shipping.:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Pocket-Fujica-3...ilm_Cameras?hash=item4a9cc810d4#ht_500wt_1182
I have no affiliation with the seller, etc. etc.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Pocket-Fujica-3...ilm_Cameras?hash=item4a9cc810d4#ht_500wt_1182
I have no affiliation with the seller, etc. etc.
anglophone1
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http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/50339-REG/SP_Systems_SPMIDI_Midi_Slave_DC_Flash.html#features
This is part of my "go everywhere" kit, works great in the RD1 hotshoe as a daylight fill [just like the popup on an SLR] and a great little self contained slave light with the bigger [but not very big] vivitar 2500 I carry as main light.
Its gelled CTO and often used with half a pingpong ball on front as a diifuser.
Clive
see http://www.photoshelter.com/c/clive...7y7o4.Pa1AkNkUAIKwbgQ--&I_ID=I0000creQxErFuoI
This is part of my "go everywhere" kit, works great in the RD1 hotshoe as a daylight fill [just like the popup on an SLR] and a great little self contained slave light with the bigger [but not very big] vivitar 2500 I carry as main light.
Its gelled CTO and often used with half a pingpong ball on front as a diifuser.
Clive
see http://www.photoshelter.com/c/clive...7y7o4.Pa1AkNkUAIKwbgQ--&I_ID=I0000creQxErFuoI
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rbsinto
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Get the cheapest little flash you can find and if it doesn't have variable power settings, either tape layers of parchment paper, Kleenex or even waxed paper over the front until you've tamed its output down to where you want it.
I used to buy tons of these at camera stores for $5.00 or $6.00 each years ago and use them as little fill units when doing little tabletop photoprojects.
I used to buy tons of these at camera stores for $5.00 or $6.00 each years ago and use them as little fill units when doing little tabletop photoprojects.