I've been away for a few days, so just catching up on my PDML news/views. Actually the pre-flash is there even if you do not use the AF360 remotely because it fires a control flash to measure the flash with the multi-zone meter system (P-TTL) and that is what I believe one sees through the viewfinder. Of course if using the flash remotely, then there are a further series of control flashes so the camera and flash communicate info to each other. All appearing as one contiguous flash with no apparent shutter delay.
Cheers, Mike. Rob Studdert wrote: >On 3 Jan 2002 at 2:41, Pat White wrote: > >>Now here's something I'm curious about: I can always see the flash in the >>viewfinder, although that's supposed to be impossible. It's more noticeable >>with the big flash, and when I first got it last summer, I worried that the the >>sync was off, but the pictures look fine. I don't see an image, but a red flash >>in the finder. Could there be light spilling around the mirror? Back to you. >> > >Hi Pat, > >As Michael indicated in his post earlier it seems that you are actually seeing >the pre-flash containing the data transmission to the remote flashes happening >before the actual flash for the exposure. > >Cheers, >Rob Studdert >HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA >Tel +61-2-9554-4110 >UTC(GMT) +10 Hours >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > >. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .