What the ist-D will do is not allowing plain TTL however which is annoying since the body does indeed support it. All DSLR and PTTL capable bodies will make Pentax flash act this way.
A solution is using Mets flashes. On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 8:01 PM, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 09:42:09AM -0500, Charles Robinson wrote: >> On Jun 28, 2008, at 0:49, John Francis wrote: >> >> > >> > No. If the flash thinks it is connected to a camera that >> > can talk P-TTL, there's no way to set the flash to "A". >> > You can try to do it - it might even appear to work when >> > you look at the LCD panel on the flash. But the first time >> > you half-press the shutter on the camera the flash will >> > switch to P-TTL mode. (Verified on my *ist D). >> > >> >> Mine does not work that way on the K10D! "A" = A" >> >> -Charles > > You're right, of course - I just checked. > And now, when I put the flash back on the *ist D, > it stays in "A" mode on that body, too. Weird. > > > -- > 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. > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- 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.
