Yes Godfrey if you re-read my post (maybe I wasn't clear enough):
DS does support TTL with 'external' flash but not RTF.
D does support TTL anyway
Every other DSLRs do only PTTL.
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On Jan 3, 2007, at 16:49, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
If you were going to buy anything more sophisticated than the Vivitar
285 or Sunpak 383, buy either the Pentax AF360FGZ or AF540FGZ.
Personally, I haven't yet seen the need ... I use the Sunpak 383 and
get excellent results from it.
I
On Jan 4, 2007, at 3:19 AM, Charles Robinson wrote:
I actually just picked up a Sunpak 383 for $10 and find that, for the
most part, I like it better than my Sigma EF-500 DG Super.
It lacks a few features that the Sigma has (High-speed sync, second-
curtian flash) for which I'll keep the
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So how well does TTL work on DS? What does one lose from P-TTL?
P-TTL with the built in flash does pretty well if you are not one of
those people whose eye-blink reflex timing is a problem.
How about with a flash on the hot shoe? How would the DS do
On Jan 4, 2007, at 5:25 AM, Mark Dalal wrote:
So how well does TTL work on DS? What does one lose from P-TTL?
P-TTL with the built in flash does pretty well if you are not one of
those people whose eye-blink reflex timing is a problem.
How about with a flash on the hot shoe? How would the
On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Thibouille wrote:
Not exactly ... the DS does support TTL with pre-A lens AFAIK but only
with external flashes. the RTF will do PTTL or full output. The D can
do TTL even with RTF flash and old M42 lens.
Everuthinf from DL, DL2 etc and newer do NOT support TTL in ANY way.
On 1/4/07, Mark Dalal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So how well does TTL work on DS? What does one lose from P-TTL?
P-TTL with the built in flash does pretty well if you are not one of
those people whose eye-blink reflex timing is a problem.
How
The AF280T seems to work fine on the Ds in TTL mode. It's not as
powerful as I would like since the Ds is much like the D in that TTL
flash works best at ISO 400.
Mark Dalal wrote:
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So how well does TTL work on DS? What does one lose from P-TTL?
On Jan 4, 2007, at 5:50 AM, Cory Papenfuss wrote:
So just to clarify... the -DS manual stating that P-TTL NOT
working with A (or pre-A?) is a typo? An external P-TTL flash does
indeed
work properly with A lenses or older?
The DS manual has a couple of discrepancies where it
As simple as I can make it:
With the DS built-in flash
- P-TTL works with A series and all AF lenses.
- flash operates full output, unmetered, with pre-A lenses used in
manual exposure mode (so you can control the aperture).
With the DS and an AF360/540FGZ dedicated external flash
- P-TTL
On Jan 4, 2007, at 8:51, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
The one case I have not checked is to use a pre-A lens in Av mode and
see if that works with P-TTL. It might, because the lens will ALWAYS
be wide open ... the camera can make the exposure evaluation with the
pre-flash before lifting the
On Jan 4, 2007, at 11:47 AM, Charles Robinson wrote:
On Jan 4, 2007, at 8:51, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
The one case I have not checked is to use a pre-A lens in Av mode and
see if that works with P-TTL. It might, because the lens will ALWAYS
be wide open ... the camera can make the exposure
Mark
I've found both the 280T and 330FTZ both work well enough in TTL mode on the
DS. A bit of flash compensation dialed in might be needed occasionally.
Cheers
Brian
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Quoting Mark Dalal [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
How
On Jan 4, 2007, at 14:24, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
I don't get what you mean by the lens always being wide open.
If you have a smaller aperture selected via the aperture ring, the
lens will stop down when the shutter trips - regardless of whether or
not you've metered for that possibility
A friend of mine with a *ist-DL just bought a cheepie TTL flash
and was surprised to discover that it didn't work. I seemed to recall
that was one of the neuterings that Pentax did between the DS and the DL
(removed TTL flash). Sure enough, it seemed to work fine on my -DS...
even
Not really, there's no reason, outside of deliberate prevention, to keep
TTL from working with any lens, on a camera that supports it. The major
problem might be that you're outside of the effective range for the
flash output / sensor(or film for that matter) sensitivity. But that
just
That's a typo in the DS manual. The DS model supports P-TTL with A-
series lenses, no problem.
Pre-A series lenses used on the DS, DL, K100, K110 and K10D all do
the same thing: the flash operates in full output, unmetered mode.
You set exposure by using the guide number table in the manual.
Not exactly ... the DS does support TTL with pre-A lens AFAIK but only
with external flashes. the RTF will do PTTL or full output. The D can
do TTL even with RTF flash and old M42 lens.
Everuthinf from DL, DL2 etc and newer do NOT support TTL in ANY way. That's it.
2007/1/3, Godfrey DiGiorgi
From: Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Not exactly ... the DS does support TTL with pre-A lens AFAIK but only
with external flashes. the RTF will do PTTL or full output.
So how well does TTL work on DS? What does one lose from P-TTL?
Mark
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That's not my experience, Thibouille. With any pre-A lens, the DS
will do ONLY full output, unmetered flash with the built-in flash.
Unless it does P-TTL in Av mode at wide-open aperture? I've never
even tried that .. It certainly won't do it in Manual exposure mode.
But yes: dedicated
So how well does TTL work on DS? What does one lose from P-TTL?
P-TTL with the built in flash does pretty well if you are not one of
those people whose eye-blink reflex timing is a problem.
But I don't ordinarily use either. I use a non-dedicated external
auto-flash or a flash meter.
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