----- Original Message ----- From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" Subject: Re: Pentax LX, auto/TTL flash and slow speeds
> > On Mar 3, 2008, at 9:09 AM, William Robb wrote: > >>> I don't know the LX at all, but can't you just set the exposure time >>> you want to use manually along with the aperture? Most cameras with >>> TTL flash metering I've used will still control the flash output that >>> way. >> >> No. Unfortunately, with a dedicated flash, the LX reverts to 1/80 >> second unless the control pin >> is covered. > > Well, that was a bad design decision. Yuck. They pretty much all worked that way back then. They could have made an easy fix by putting a switch onto the flash to disable the contact that forced X-Sync. I believe Cotty may have done such a thing. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
