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 haaaa,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
