RE: Flash functionality on MZ-S - plain text
Patrick, I receive this as HTML. Since I don't have Lotus Notes 5.0.5, I can't help you out in suggesting what to change to the settings. Frits -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Patrick GenoveseSent: 11 June 2001 08:52To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: Flash functionality on MZ-S - plain textDoug. I checked the settngs on my mail client and the post should have gone out as plain text. If it did'nt I apologise! BTW if you are referring to the "quote unquote" pairs those were text inserted by me when refererring to the pentax spec sheet. Patrick
Re: Flash functionality on MZ-S
Eh? I got Patrick's post in plain text. Do you get something different Doug? Frank. On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 05:33:47PM -0400, Doug Brewer wrote: Hi Patrick, First, welcome to the list. Please use plain text to communicate with the list. For your answers, see below: At 7:29 PM +02006/8/01, Patrick Genovese brandished a favorite crayon and scribbled: Hi, The spec sheet on the Pentax US Web site says the following: quote - High-speed flash synchronization up to 1/6000 sec. with built-in flash or with new AF360FGZ wireless TTL flash unit unquote Q) How does the sync up to 1/6000 work ? (multiple flash bursts ??) Yes, that's how it's been described to me. The spec sheet also says: quote -AF360FGZ wireless flash unit allows multiple flash units to be controlled without cords and with TTL flash exposure; contrast control flash settings give multiple contrast levels. unquote Q1) Do all the flash units in a multi flash arrangement have to be AF360GFZs ? Yes. Since the MZ-S is the first body to offer this, the flash introduced with the body will naturally be the first flash to take advantage of it. Q2) Is the remote flash controller some sort if IR / Radio transmitter ? Yes. Q3) If Q2 is yes, then is the transmitter built into the camera or the AF360FGZ ? The transmitter is built into the RTF on the camera. Q4) If the MZ-S has no on board transmitter then what about a separate pair of gadgets (possibly third part) that fit onto the camera hotshoe flash. This would allow users with an existing investment in flashes like AF500FTZ, METZ many others to acheive the same functionality. (Pentax r u reading this ?) There are third-party transmitters of all kinds, but I don't think any of them offer TTL capabilities. :-) Patrick Oh, and for Dick: The flash comp has apparently been built into the 360. At least, that's my understanding. Doug -- Douglas Forrest Brewer Ashwood Lake Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alphoto.com - 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 . -- Francis Tang, Postgraduate Research Student, LFCS, Edinburgh. Visiting: AG14, FB Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Deutschland. Tel: +49 174/3545241 (D2 Voda) ZNr: S215/215 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/fhlt/ - 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 .
Re: Flash functionality on MZ-S
Hi Patrick, First, welcome to the list. Please use plain text to communicate with the list. For your answers, see below: At 7:29 PM +02006/8/01, Patrick Genovese brandished a favorite crayon and scribbled: Hi, The spec sheet on the Pentax US Web site says the following: quote - High-speed flash synchronization up to 1/6000 sec. with built-in flash or with new AF360FGZ wireless TTL flash unit unquote Q) How does the sync up to 1/6000 work ? (multiple flash bursts ??) Yes, that's how it's been described to me. The spec sheet also says: quote -AF360FGZ wireless flash unit allows multiple flash units to be controlled without cords and with TTL flash exposure; contrast control flash settings give multiple contrast levels. unquote Q1) Do all the flash units in a multi flash arrangement have to be AF360GFZs ? Yes. Since the MZ-S is the first body to offer this, the flash introduced with the body will naturally be the first flash to take advantage of it. Q2) Is the remote flash controller some sort if IR / Radio transmitter ? Yes. Q3) If Q2 is yes, then is the transmitter built into the camera or the AF360FGZ ? The transmitter is built into the RTF on the camera. Q4) If the MZ-S has no on board transmitter then what about a separate pair of gadgets (possibly third part) that fit onto the camera hotshoe flash. This would allow users with an existing investment in flashes like AF500FTZ, METZ many others to acheive the same functionality. (Pentax r u reading this ?) There are third-party transmitters of all kinds, but I don't think any of them offer TTL capabilities. :-) Patrick Oh, and for Dick: The flash comp has apparently been built into the 360. At least, that's my understanding. Doug -- Douglas Forrest Brewer Ashwood Lake Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alphoto.com - 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 .
