William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Hamilton" > Subject: Re: RE: K10D and Ring flash > > > >>P-TTL was already the standard in new Pentax bodies (MZ-S & MZ-6) in >>2001, 2 years prior to the *ist D, which *also* supports TTL. As do >>the *ist DS and *ist DS2. I think that 14 years (1992 to 2006) of use >>of a top of the line flash on modern bodies is reasonable. There was >>even 5 years of overlap where your TTL flash was still supported in >>new camera bodies. And nothing stops you from using that flash on a >>*ist D/DS/DS2 body now! >> >>Enjoy your equipment as it was intended. > > > It's more stuff being left off that limits support for older equipment, > in this case, an analogue flash control. > I'm sure it was done to cut costs. > > William Robb >
And engineering complexity. TTL requires a flash sensor in the mirror box, P-TTL uses the ambient exposure meter. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
