on 17.12.02 15:18, Gregory L. Hansen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gregory, > One is the strobe-assisted focusing, firing the flash to help focus in low > light conditions. The on-line comparison charts says it doesn't do that, > although the ZX-7 does. The manual makes some brief mention of it. Or I > thought I saw it, but I can't seem to find it now. So does it have that > or not? Yes it does.
> The other is trailing shutter curtain synch. The on-line comparison chart > says it doesn't do that, the manual says it does with certain flashes, the > AF360FGZ and etc. It says that if the external flash is set to trailing > curtain sync the built-in flash will also be set to trailing curtain sync. > But the manual doesn't explain how to set the camera to trailing curtain > sync. So does the camera do this or not? Or does it do that when the > right flash is set that way, and it wasn't mentioned in the manual because > the manual tells you how to use the camera, not the external flash? ZX-L will work in trailing shutter flash synchro (including built-in flash) when you have any flash which support this function (any of the AF-series Pentax flashes, Metz flashes with apropriate SCA cube, some Sigma flashes too). All you have to do is just to set external flash in this mode. > And a user-settable parameter determines whether spot metering or matrix > metering is used with the AE memory lock, which means it's not so > convenient to switch between them. The matrix metering is supposed to be > good, but if I were looking somewhere else to get the exposure it almost > seems like I should use spot metering, since matrix metering would get a > reading based on a whole scene that's not the scene I wanted to shoot. Is > there any strong arguments for keeping that set to matrix or spot? It is not too convenient, but it is better than not having spot metering at all. AE-lock for matrix metering is usable only when you you use for instance self-timer to prevent camera from changing exposure when light enters from behind in viewfinder. But you can use then viewfinder cup supplied with camera of course. I would surely leave spot metering on AE-L button set constantly! -- Best Regards Sylwek
