No, I think it's an interesting suggestion. Perhaps describing the problem as reciprocity failure gives the wrong impression, but it could be that the main sensor of the camera just responds non-linearly to light as bright as that from a flash, which would make the TTL meter's light estimate inapplicable without correction.

S

Jens Bladt wrote:
I don't reallyh believe that. Flash light is often just 1/50.000 of one
second. I find it hard to believe that reciprocity failure makes more than a
marginal difference - hardly visible to the human eye. The problem must lie
eleswhere.
Jens Bladt
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-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 20. april 2004 00:23 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: TTL flash with the *ist D


Perhaps the sensor has difficulty with 1/15,000th of a second exposures? It seems to have problems with 1 second exposures on the other end too.

This it called with film.

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Jens Bladt wrote:


...I wonder why they can't seem to cut off the flash light at the right
time?????. This isn't exactly new technology - at  least 20 years old.
Jens




The nature of DSLR's
in general seems to be weak TTL flash. I have heard the same
complaint from both Nikon and Canon users.


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-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: John Forbes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 19. april 2004 19:48 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: TTL flash with the *ist D


I agree. I have the AF400FTZ and the AF240FT, and they are both hopeless with the *ist D. Sadly, the problem is not consistent, so you can't reliably compensate for it.

What does work well, for me, is the AF240Z, which is a smallish dedicated,
non-TTL, flash with zoom, bounce and swivel.  It works fine when both
flash and camera are in program mode.

John

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 08:58:41 -0600, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:



----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Tainter"
Subject: TTL flash with the *ist D





So...has anyone found a shoe-mounted flash that will do ordinary

TTL



with the *ist D, at the full ISO range? I mean, one that works

about



like it would on a 35 mm. body without glaring exposure problems.


The istD analogue TTL works more or less OK at ISO 400, not very well at 200, and I haven't tried it at faster speeds. The nature of DSLR's in general seems to be weak TTL flash. I have heard the same complaint from both Nikon and Canon users.



Question 2:

While I'm at it, what is everyone's experience with the rtf? I

tried it



the other day, at ISO 400, with the SMC F 70-210, at -0.5 EV. It

was a



portrait of my dog's face, taken from about 3 meters. Even with the
negative exposure compensation, I thought it was a bit overexposed,
though nothing that I couldn't correct in PS.

The RTF will have the same acuracy weakness as the larger flash, without the range to go along with it. I haven't found it to be overly accurate. I think the best option is a dedicated, non TTL flash. I am thinking the AF 280T might be a good one to try.

William Robb







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