Bruce Walker wrote:
One of the more important features in the K20D that pushed me to upgrade
from the K100Ds was being able to use the PUF as a flash controller. Up
until then I never used the PUF and was considering gluing or taping it
down so it wouldn't pop up when I occasionally hit the button by
accident. :-)
Now I'd greatly miss it too.
I actually use the pop-up flash as a flash. It's been invaluable for
backpacking when I'm carrying minimal gear or when there's no time to
mount a flash before the moment's gone. Both situations applied for this
shot:
http://www.robertstech.com/pages/gfm_14.htm
That bit of fill flash really helped the tame the foreground shadow
areas. (ist-D and FA-J 18-35, the latter borrowed from Bill Owens for
the hike) and the clouds were moving/changing so quickly I only had a
moment in which everything came together.
Of course, being the official GFM "Mountain Goat on Crack", I want
Pentax to keep the pop-up flash. If I were a studio rat I'd probably
want then to ditch it. They can't please everyone, but I'm glad they've
pleased me rather than Bill Robb so far :-P
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