The PZ-1 does utilize the ambient light reading along with TTL flash
-- but in the situation you describe, the straight shot of a person
under a tree would likely come out with too much flash on the
subject, at least for most people's tastes.
With the PZ-1, you can adjust flash compensation without affecting
the ambient light exposure only in manual (hypermanual) mode. First,
with the camera in hypermanual mode and the flash on, hit the IF
button for the recommended exposure. _Then_ dial in exposure
compensation, whether it's -0.5, -0.7, -1.0, -1.3, etc. or whatever
amount you'd like to "dial down" the flash. The manual exposure graph
will now show overexposure due to the compensation, but if you leave
your shutter speed/f-stop settings where they were, the exposure
compensation will now only affect the TTL flash output and not the
ambient light exposure, which was correct.
That was a main selling point for me to upgrade to the PZ-1p -- flash
exposure compensation as a separate control, which means it's
available in all modes and not nearly as clunky to use in changing
light, etc. But I did use the method I described on my PZ-1, and it
worked fine -- just remember to reset exposure compensation
afterwards!
Joe
Ok so i read a bit of the PZ-1 manual at lunch(Bwaa haaa
h,i really do use
these things)and
the daylight sync flash has me concered,again,sorry folks.
It basically staes that in ttl auto the camera will set a speed
between 250 and 60
according to ambient
light.But no more details.
So say i have a person under a shade tree(as i see many wedding
pictures like this so i'll
use as
example)and its sunny out,but i want to put a bit of extra light on
the subject,being in
the shade.Am i to
assume that if i set my 280t to ttl auto,meter the scene,the
camera/flash combo will fire
off just enough
light to brighten the subject,but not over do it,or am
i,again,missing some important
details here.
Any tips from the PZ-1 owners out there.
Dave
