It's TTL with K lenses. I don't use it much but I double checked this morning. Good exposures from 2.8 to 11.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: P. J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:24 AM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Ready to order an Ist-D but a quick question to be sure > > > Paul are you sure it gives only full power with old lenses, I know the > Ds is documented to only give full power but it seems that the D is TTL > with old K mount lenses. I don't think I've gotten a bad flash exposure > with the internal flash with K mount lenses yet. (I'll have to check). > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > The integrated flash does not do regular TTL with old lenses. It gives > > you full power, but that's not very hard to gauge if you have to use > > it. Full power is pretty minimal. I rarely use the on camera flash > > other than on a whim or in emergencies. But I've found it's pretty > > simple to estimate a full power exposure with old lenses. I firmly > > believe that on-camera flashes are by nature useless. > > Paul > > On May 25, 2005, at 2:51 AM, Thibouille wrote: > > > >> Using old lenses on the D requires the DOF button and so on but the > >> integrated flash does regular TTL, right? > >> > >> If so, that's the best reason for me to buy the D rather than the DS. > >> ---------------------- > >> Thibouille > >> ---------------------- > >> Z1,SuperA,KX,MX,P30t and KR-10x ... > >> > > > > > > > -- > A man's only as old as the woman he feels. > --Groucho Marx >
