Hi Folks,
today I was happily shooting with the Bessa L and a 15/4.5.
a Nikon SB26 flash was in my camera bag from a previous shoot, but I wasn't going to be using it with the L.
but it got me thinking.
I have NEVER used flash with a Bessa L
I just don't think of it as a good flash camera.
so I am curious, how many of you
1) never use flash with your Bessa L
2) hardly ever use flash with your Bessa L
3) use flash with the Bessa L just as often as you use flash with your other cameras.
Thanks,
Stephen
today I was happily shooting with the Bessa L and a 15/4.5.
a Nikon SB26 flash was in my camera bag from a previous shoot, but I wasn't going to be using it with the L.
but it got me thinking.
I have NEVER used flash with a Bessa L
I just don't think of it as a good flash camera.
so I am curious, how many of you
1) never use flash with your Bessa L
2) hardly ever use flash with your Bessa L
3) use flash with the Bessa L just as often as you use flash with your other cameras.
Thanks,
Stephen
Bryce
Well-known
Stephen-
I use the L and 15 with flash MORE often than my other cameras. I bought it for underground work where I just couldn't step back any farther. Of course it sees use elsewhere too...
This one's been posted before, sorry. It's the only one I have handy at the moment. Lit by (multiple, open) flash plus a little help from a flashlight.
I use the L and 15 with flash MORE often than my other cameras. I bought it for underground work where I just couldn't step back any farther. Of course it sees use elsewhere too...
This one's been posted before, sorry. It's the only one I have handy at the moment. Lit by (multiple, open) flash plus a little help from a flashlight.
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drewbarb
picnic like it's 1999
I'd like to use flash with my L, but the sync doesn't work. Anybody know who can fix it? Is it even worth it?
kshapero
South Florida Man
would a Vivitar 283 work with the L?
pvdhaar
Peter
Although I don't have an L, the Bessa-T puts me in a similar situation, what with its shoe mounted finders. I use the T as an available light camera only as I find flash with cables a royal pain.
If I need to do flash, I go the whole hog, and shoot with a dslr and sb-800 which can be triggered remote without any of those glitchy cables..
If I need to do flash, I go the whole hog, and shoot with a dslr and sb-800 which can be triggered remote without any of those glitchy cables..
NL2377
*scratches head*
My L was always for experimentation... of many sorts, and flash was one of them. I rarely ever use flash on my SLRs unless it's for a snap-shot, but on the L, I probably used it 50% of the time!
Bryce
Well-known
Akiva-
Yes, your 283 will work on your L. Since the shoe is cold, you'll have to use a synch cord, and you'll be finderless unless you can rig a second shoe somehow. I haven't found "finderless" to be a huge issue. Another problem is flash coverage area- most (and definitely your 283) don't evenly illuminate the whole frame of even a 25mm frame, let alone 15mm. Placing a diffuser over the flash head helps dramatically.
Yes, your 283 will work on your L. Since the shoe is cold, you'll have to use a synch cord, and you'll be finderless unless you can rig a second shoe somehow. I haven't found "finderless" to be a huge issue. Another problem is flash coverage area- most (and definitely your 283) don't evenly illuminate the whole frame of even a 25mm frame, let alone 15mm. Placing a diffuser over the flash head helps dramatically.
lZr
L&M
I don't have L, but with my R I use SB 80DX's Nikon flash for groups of celebrating people. I want lightweight 100 gr flash, but can't find one like the Contax G1/G2. It is only TTL flash.
Dougg
Seasoned Member
Not many responses to this question, maybe indicating a low number of Bessa L cameras here? I do have an L but have never used flash with it, so that puts me in category 1 above... But I fit category 3 also, since I don't use flash on other cameras either. 
Bertram2
Gone elsewhere
If I use flash on my L depends solely on the mounted lens and has nothing to do with the camera itself.
traveller
Learning how to print
With the 15 or 25 mm? If I would do underground work like Bryce or would use it in another cramped situation it would be a option, but otherwise no.
Valder
Pain is scary.
I just got my L and never intend to use a flash with it. If I want flash I put the 580EX on the Canon SLRs I have. I really like the ETTL II flash system that Canon has.
Darrin
Darrin