And P-TTL does not cause shutter lag.
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From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> What is E-TTL?
> I don't know.
> All I know is, that I'm not interested in using ANY preflash - at all.
> It's bad enough, that the people I photograph must put up with one flash
> light. I would never use a flash system that requires more than one flash
> burst.
>
> First of all, it will give me a "shutter lag" - I can't capture the right
> moment. Secondly I believe that more than one flash is an unnecessary
> annoyance for the people being photographed.
>
> I almost exclusively use bounced flash (ceiling or other surfaces (except
> for studio photography and outdoor photography).
> A direct flash is not very polite. is it?. It leaves people "blind" for
> several minutes. This is often quite unacceptable.
> A direct flash provides a very unnatural looking light (horizontal in stead
> of vertical).
> Direct flash will result in over exposure of the foreground and under
> exposure of the background. Thus very unpleasant pictures.
> A direct flash will result in long horizontal shadows, which are not very
> pleasing IMO.
>
> No pre flash system for me, thank you very much!
>
> One flash light is actually one flash too many, as far as I'm concerned.
> I just want noiseless 12800 ASA .
> I guess my grand children will have this feature in - let's say - 20 years
> time ;-)
> Regards
> Jens
>
>
> Jens Bladt
> http://www.jensbladt.dk
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sendt: 3. april 2006 19:00
> Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
> Emne: RE: DL TTL flash madness
>
>
> BTW, I didn't know that my PENTAX *ist D was their very cheapest DSLR?
> I knew it was their first one, though.
> Regards
> Jens
>
> Jens Bladt
> http://www.jensbladt.dk
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sendt: 3. april 2006 17:29
> Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
> Emne: RE: DL TTL flash madness
>
>
> Who said only?
> Jens
> Jens Bladt
> http://www.jensbladt.dk
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: Aaron Reynolds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sendt: 3. april 2006 15:49
> Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
> Emne: Re: DL TTL flash madness
>
>
>
> On Apr 3, 2006, at 2:22 AM, Jens Bladt wrote:
>
> > Crippled or not.
> > If the new 10 MP Pentax body doesn't support ordenary TTL flash, I
> > won't be
> > buying it.
> > I have too many flashes - I guess 7 or 8 TTL flahses, one of which is
> > a Metz
> > 60-CT2.
>
> Why on earth would you expect that the new top-end body would have only
> the feature set of the very cheapest DSLR that Pentax makes?
>
> -Aaron
>
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