Shady, What to expect of flashes and digital is not a trivial question at all. The film-based TTL flash metering happens off the film during exposure, and some have argued that it will not be possible to meter off a chip in the same way. If they are right, it might mean that the whole TTL system will need rethinking, and maybe new flashes to be constructed.
My thoughts about this is that however they implement the metering system, there will be electronic components in the camera communicating with the flash, between the light metering and the hotshoe. Therefore, I can't see any reason why today's digital flashes cannot be used (AF-300FTZ, AF-500FTZ and AF360FGZ). Wrt. the old analogue TTL-flashes, I'm not so sure. I guess it depends on whether they make the *istD compatible with it. I sure hope they do, since there currently is no digital macro flash, for instance. The MZ-S / AF360FGZ combo has some functions new to the lineup, like wireless TTL and such. I think it's reasonable to expect that this functionality will be implemented with the *istD also. The sync top speed used to depend entirely on the capacity of the shutter. The 13 years old Z-1/Z-1p cameras peaked the sync speed of the lineup with 1/250th. With the MZ-S / AF360FGZ combo, shorter sync is possible because the flash is capable of issuing longer bursts of light than earlier flashes. Again, whatever they have put in the MZ-S to deal with this, I think they will put in the *istD also. just my two cents worth of opinion... cheers, Jostein ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shady Janzeir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 6:06 AM Subject: *ist D and flash > Ok, here's my first stupid question: > Does anyone have any idea on the imminent *ist D's TTL flash ability, and > does it support TTL high-speed sync? > > YT, > Shady > >
