Pre-installing Metz Flash
More than a year ago I exchanged emails through this forum when there was the origina V6 and asked why there was not a pre-installed profile for Metz mecablitz 64 AF-1 for Olympus as that is the most powerful flash Metz makes for Olympus. I was told "don't worry, we have good news we are working on that. I see that the VII has been announced and in the compatibility list for Olympus this Metz mecablitz 64 AF-1 is still not listed - what a disappointment. Still just those less powerful model from the original V6 days. How about extending the Metz lineup to include this? Please advise and thank you.
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There isn't a 64 F-1 profile for you to manually select it on the V6 II, however the V6 II can now auto-detect a compatible TTL system flash, including your Metz 64 AF-1 for Olympus.
In order words, you will be able ot use your Metz flash for:
- Remote power control
- Remote zoom control
- High-speed sync
Thank you.Brand Manager
That's right. Your Panasonic GH3 is compatible. The V6 II will recognize it as an Olympus (m43) camera system. You will be able to the 3 things list in above post if your flash is compatible with the V6 II (except if it runs on Pentax, only a Pentax and trigger it and support HSS).
If you need additional off-camera flash units, you may consider getting the RF60 instead of getting another compatible TTL flash and an extra V6 II, and you will have a less chunky setup.
Thanks!
Brand Manager