Rob, Back when I had some AF360FGZ's, I find a setting on them to tell them what kind of film format was being used - 35, 645, 67. By setting that, the zoom head on the flash would show correct focal length for the format being used (85mm on 35, 165 on 67). My hunch is that they just have the columns that you are viewing reversed. Basically, if you are shooting with a 55-58mm on the *ist D, the zoom head on the flash should be at 85. Does that make sense? Works pretty well for me because I was switching back and forth between 35mm and 67.
--- Bruce Wednesday, October 22, 2003, 9:08:26 AM, you wrote: RB> I think so, but it is confusing the hell out of me at the moment. I RB> just don't see how they could have got this so wrong?!? How could they RB> realise it was worth compensating, then compensate the wrong way? RB> Surely I am missing something? RB> Mind you, it shouldn't matter if the flash FOV is wider than the area RB> covered by the sensor on the camera - just means less range than would RB> have otherwise been possible. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 22 October 2003 17:01 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: Flash on *istD >> >> >> on 22.10.03 17:22, Rob Brigham at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> > To me it looks like Pentax have got it wrong. A 24mm lens >> on the istD >> > should require a flash angle equivalent to a 35mm lens. >> I think Rob it is not wrong. The values shown, shows rather >> field of coverage of the flash. Thus 85mm flash coverage will >> cover field of view of 58mm lens on APS-sized-CCD camera >> (which is equal to field of view of 85mm lenns on 35mm >> camera). So, zoom head in AF360FGZ is able to cover at max. >> telephoto setting field of view of 58mm lens on *istD. Am I right? >> >> -- >> Best Regards >> Sylwek >> >> >>
