That's right. Works brilliantly on the PZ-1p; don't know about the SFXn. Nice even lighting, no shadows, and much more natural-looking than bounce flash alone, IMHO.
Examples here: http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=528842 Rick --- Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Rick > And with that setup did you just let both Flash at > TTL setting and no > further corrections for indoor shots? > Frankly I haver never used the build in flash on the > SFXn alone or in > combination so far, would be interesting. > I guess there has to be a minimal distance of about > 1.5 meters to get good > results and to not overexpose faces? > > greetings > Markus > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Rick Womer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 3:02 PM > >>To: Pentax List > >>Subject: Z-series feature I miss on the ist D > >> > >> > >>I took my ist D along to a gathering of my > extended > >>family Saturday. I was able to get some okay pix > >>using my old TTL Sunpak flash, but... > >> > >>I =REALLY= miss having the flash shoe over the > grip, > >>as it is on the Z-series cameras, instead of over > the > >>prism. My favorite way of shooting indoors with > the > >>(P)Z-1p is to bounce the external flash off the > >>ceiling, and use the internal flash for direct > >>lighting. Can't do that no more. I plan to buy a > >>Sigma DG-something Super, but even then I'll have > two > >>things to hold instead of one to get the same > >>lighting, unless I start using a flash bracket > again > >>(yuck!). > >> > >>One more thing I miss: the infrared focus beam. > >> > >>(piss, moan...) > >> > >>Rick > >> > >> > >>http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW > >> > >>__________________________________________________ > >>Do You Yahoo!? > >>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > >>http://mail.yahoo.com > >> > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
