Thanks Giao That all sounds very reassuring, I think I might just look into getting the AF400FTZ
John ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Gianfranco Irlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 02:34:31 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: how does the ZX-50 do with ttl flash? > John Whittingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It is in the LX, MZ-3 ZX5n in my experience. There have > been > > > problems reported with the *ist-d. > > > > Hi Peter > > > > Ever tried the MZ-3 ZX-5n with the AF400FTZ, would you care to > comment on > > performance? > > John, > > According to my experience, the performance is almost perfect, > although I do prefer to use the 400FTZ on the Z-1p, for a matter > of balance and the easier flash compensation. I do prefer to > shot in manual mode and leave a -1 compensation when I use the > MZ-3 or MZ-5n. > To be honest, I've never experienced poor TTL flash behaviour > with any Pentax body/flash, except maybe the Z-50p and its built > in flash coupled with screwmount modified lenses (non Pentax > lenses, btw). Even the *istD works well, no matter the Iso > chosen. The only problems occur when I forget to modify a wrong > setting (i.e., when I, while shooting at say 6m, decide to shot > something at less than 1m with the lens still wide open...) > Everything works fine as long asyou stay within the range of the > setup. > I do prefer the Pentax TTL flash to the Nikon system (which I > used a lot) for almost every situation. > > Ciao, > > Gianfranco > > ===== > _ > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. > www.yahoo.com ------- End of Original Message -------
