Yes.... before Schmidt was Tithes, but their dealership was short-lived.
Keep in mind that Schimdt is not going to make a better distributor. Schmidt Marketing is a Hong Kong-based company (surprisingly, J&J is still the Metz distributor in HK). Their Singapore office is really small with only 6 working staff, and none of them doing repair and servicing.
Metz flashes in auto mode uses a auto sensor just like Nikon speedlites in AA mode..u oni need to dial in the ISO and aperture u r using..and viola as good as TTL..
a pity my auto sensor went nutty..can oni use manual mode..still using it to play occasionally.