LeicaSF 60 Flash, Black (14625)

I just shot an even with this flash and I was shocked how great the image quality was. The TTL was spot on. Plenty of power for group photos. I heard some negative reviews online but Leica does not give you a lot choices. I'm glad it worked out.

I use this flash primarily with my Leica SL-2. ETTL works well, with decent power output, but quite as flexible as Nikon’s TTL systems. Built to a high standard, the shoe is all metal, and feels solid, and the plastic used in the flash body feels more solid than most flashes I’ve owned.

It was great until it broke just a few months after buying it. Leica has had the flash for five weeks now and hasn’t been able to tell me anything. They said I’ll get an “estimate” at some point. Yes, that’s right, I might need to pay them to fix the broken flash that they just sold me. This isn’t even a German made product. It’s a made in China product with the price tag of a German handmade one. I’d be careful buying.

Let me qualify this by saying I am am amateur at best and I probably take a lot more bad photos than good ones.Having said that, I recently got the chance to purchase a Leica m240 and some old Leica glass. It’s my First Leica and my favorite camera. I haven’t even picked up my Nikon since getting the Leica.I find the Leica is great for most things outdoors and in good light but for indoor in low light, I was getting frustrated by the higher ISO and dark photos it was taking, even wide open. So, I started doing some research on flashes compatible with the Leica systems. I decided on this one because it has the ability to do off camera flash, if I ever decide to go that route. There are not any after market brands that will do TTL on Leica that I could find. So, it’s Leica or go manual. My Nikon SB-700 will fit in the hot shoe and trigger but you have to set it manually.Coming from a Nikon system, I am very happy with the results using this flash to bounce off the ceiling when indoors. ISO remains at 200 and the pictures are clear and bright. It has the ability to both tilt and swivel, making it a versatile flash for most applications and it comes with a detachable diffuser and stand if you need it. It’s a bit larger than I expected but I think it’s still the same size of not smaller than comparable Nikon and Canon speedlites.If you have a Leica capable of TTL and want to add flash photography to your kit, I strongly recommend this one. The price is a bit on the high side but I guess that goes with the territory of owning Leica. There is a slightly cheaper one called the SF 40 but I think with the added features this one has, it’s worth the extra cost.

I'm the biggest Leica fanboy you'll meet, and a wedding photographer who uses Leica gear pretty hard throughout the year (~80 weddings). My kit includes two of these SF 60s.After about 8 months, one of the screens on one of them just suddenly stopped working. Just went black one day. Sent to Leica, 6 weeks later they sent back a new replacement.Fast forward 6 months to this week, when that new one they sent just decided to stop firing the main flash. Nothing I do will fix it, tried everything. Just dropped it in the mail to Leica today and came here to buy another one for a wedding this weekend.Really love the size and feature set of these flashes, but gooooodness. I've never had so many issues with flashes. Back in the Canon days (which I'll never return to, Leica life is way better) my 600EX-RTs would just keep chugging along for years without complaint.At the end of the day, yeah, these are rebranded Nissan i40 flashes (~$100), so not really a Leica, and it shows.

This was rated as used acceptable by Amazon Warehouse. I was pleasantly suprised that it was in excellent condition. I couldn't find a mark! Great price and condition exceeded my expectations. The flash pairs well with my SL2 that now focuses in low light with the flash attached unlike the older Leica flash that caused thecamera to hunt badly.

Excellent!

The title says it all. Amazon has been told about this and should be removing this from their site.