Nikon SB-19 on F3P and Leica M4

[Jessestr]

I own a few Nikon camera's including an FE, FM2n and and F3 Press - however, I have a 580EXII which works fine on every camera I own except the F3P, the hotshoe on the F3P is way too tight to grab a flash.

So I've been looking for a nice and more compact flash and found the SB-19 which has auto metering on it. Can this be used on an F3P and Leica M4? Or will this only work on the Nikons?

Thanks

 

[bdial]

Based on the description in MIR it should work;
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/nikonf3ver2/flash/sb1tosb21/index8.htm

 

[Patrick Robert James]

I'd recommend you look into a Metz. I have a Metz 32ct7 that I use on both my Contax and Leica cameras. The shoe module swaps out in seconds. The other advantage of the Metz flashes is they don't stick way up like most flashes do so they aren't really in the way when you are walking around. They can be fairly inexpensive as well.

 

[John_Nikon_F]

SB-19 should work fine. With respect to your F3P, sounds like the shoe on the DE-5 got bent downward a little. My SB-800, which has a similar shoe on it (both flashes are probably made by the same manufacturer, just one with Nikon's name and electronics, the other with Canon's name and electronics), works fine on my F3P. That said, the contacts on the 580EXII might cause undesirable operation on the F3P, since the ready light contact is in the wrong place for the Canon flash.

Another option would be the SB-30. Small, flips down out of the way when you're not using it, and can do TTL flash with an AS-17 adapter on the F3P's regular accessory shoe around the rewind crank, or on an FE2, etc. Here's one mounted to one of my old F bodies via an AS-1 adapter.



-J