On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 08:07:55PM -0500, paul stenquist wrote: > > Actually, the P-TTL performance of the 540 FGZ is relatively good, at least > for Pentax. I'm not very familiar with the 500 FTZ, but it's always been my > impression that it was a TTL flash, not a P-TTL? If it was P-TTL capable, it > would work with the newer cameras, and to the best of my knowledge it can > only be used in manual or flashj/auto mode with the K10 and later cameras. > But I could be wrong.
You're basically right - that's why I have a 540 FGZ in my bag; my old 500 FTZ lost a lot of functionality on a K10D (although it still works just fine on the *istD and on the old film bodies). The 500 FTZ doesn't offer any flash-controlled auto mode, though - it relies on the camera to act as the flash meter and controller - so all you have available is manual flash modes. -- 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.
