[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>Think of it like this.  Your flash has only one brightness level, not like a 
>three way lamp in your house.  It always puts out light at the same rate.  
>TTL simply controls how long the lamp stays on.  If the object is close by, 
>the lamp is shut off quickly thru the marvels of electronics. 

That's the part I'm interested in: How does the system know if the object is
close by?

> The returning 
>light is measured thru the lens and the camera's sensor sends the quench 
>signal to the flash.

How could the returning light from the flash be measured through the lens?
(I'm not using an LX)

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Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com

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