On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 21:36, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: > On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 17:04, Heiko Hamann wrote: > > OTOH - you now can predict the TTL-behaviour of the *istD and use the > > ISO setting for flash exposure compensation ;-) > > Frits wrote: > Yes, I thought about this as well, flash compensation is something I > badly miss on my PZ-1, so now I have it on the *ist D. That would mostly > be used for fill-in flash I guess. > > Yes, but you wouldn't NEED it if the TTL was working properly to begin with. > This is quite a major consideration to me as one of the main reasons that I > *want* to get the *istD is so that I have a compatible flash system to go > with the body. I have been using the Oly with my Sigma 430st and 500st > manually, and have been quite happy with the results, so if the *istD > doesn't work properly in TTL, makes me wonder if I will race out and buy one > as quickly as I thought or maybe wait for something *better* as I have been > thinking of doing anyways... > > tan. Tanya,
I disafree here. With flash compensation I would be able to control how much flash I ad to the existing ambiant light. For instance, someone in the sun, will have harsh shadows. These shadows can be reduced by the usage of flash. If however, the flash has the same brightness as the ambient light, the flash will be too dominant, so I would like to be able to have less flash output with still the same correct exposure for the ambient. The result is that you still get shadows from the sun, but not too strong. Look at http://www.xs4all.nl/~wuthrich/albums/scotland/Image59.html Taken with the PZ-1 and the Metz 40MZ-2 in TTL, the flash output is too high for my taste. -- Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
