P-TTL has a huge problem with some people. They blink in reaction to the first flash and end up with their eyes either closed or partially closed. It is only some people, but for them, it is a real problem.
I shoot weddings regularly with my *istD's. The basic way I work, is to use AF360FGZ's for daylight fill flash - basically enough ambient light, but fill in is needed for catchlight and/or shadow fill. That is using the high speed synch and flash compensation that the flash is capable of. Many weddings have a reception in the evening or in a darker venue where there is not enough ambient light (this is the time the blinkers really show up) I use an AF400T in TTL mode with camera compensation dialed down about 1-2 stops. I take a shot of the bride in white and the groom in black/dark and adjust from that. I get almost no blinkers from the AF400T where I commonly got blinkers from the P-TTL type system. I have heard the same problem from other wedding photogs using other brands that do the same basic pre-flash. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, September 13, 2005, 3:57:02 AM, you wrote: MR> Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, Igor Roshchin wrote: >> >>> I am not sure if it was entirely my fault or indeed, a) this flash >>> does not work as well with the DS as it does with ZX5n as a fill-in flash; >> >>Having spoken to a (Nikon) wedding photographer and read this list for >>a while, TTL flash does not work consistently on digital. MR> This seems to be pretty consistent across brands - it's why P-TTL and MR> its equivalents are recommended instead of TTL.
