Yes, in a way. If the camera is set to underexpose by three stops - that's what it will do. The flash will then try to give enough light for F.8. If you are out doors, only the closest part of the image will get light enough for f8. The rest will be under exposed by three stops. In doors (short distances) you may very well be right. But three stops is too much to be named "fill flash". This is more likely one or two stops. Fill in flash is for harsh light conditions where you want to open up the shadows on the subject. You do this by adding a litle extra light from a flash - perhaps a stop or two less, than you would use if the scenery was dark.
For fill flash I don't use TTL. In stead I use the built-in flash sensor - letting the flash believe that the ISO setting is higher - one or two stops - than it actually is. Regards Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Vic Mortelmans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 12. februar 2006 11:12 Til: pentax epostlijst Emne: Super A and fill-in flash? Hallo, I own the Super A (with TTL-flash) and the AF280T. The manual of this camera says: "In metered manual mode, speeds slower than 1/125 sec. stay as are when the dedicated flash recycles. Choosing any slow speed, you can enjoy existing light photography with flash fill-in." So when I put the camera on 'M' and select an aperture like f/8 and a speed like 1/30 in some environmental light condition where this would cause an underexposure of 3 stops, I would expect the flash to just give the necessary light to make this a good exposure. Is this actually what the camera does? I notice that the flash fires when the shutter opens, so in any way, it won't take into account the 'available light' hitting the film during exposure. Groeten, Vic
