Ah...
Thanks, so there at least two options.. Use a TTL-only capable flash (on camera, works fine), or use a F/FA lense with the aperture ring turned off).
Fortunately, a 28 mm lens is equivalent to a 42 mm lens on the *istDS, so my smallest F/FA lens will be suitable for studio work - which will force me to think about aperture and shutter speed :).
Regards,
Matthew
Alin Flaider wrote:
Matthew,
It seems the only way to force TTL (single flash burst) over P-TTL
is to use K/M lenses or to set the aperture fom aperture ring on
FA/F/A lenses.
Servus, Alin
Matthew wrote:
MT> After some more researching, I think I can restate my problem more clearly.
MT> I want to use my AF-500FTZ off-camera in slave mode. As a consequence, MT> I need to be able to disable the P-TTL or at least split the operation MT> into a pre-flash, a delay and then the main flash.
MT> It looks like TTL becomes the operating mode if the flash is on the MT> camera (the 500FTZ doesn't support P-TTL), so everything work well there.
MT> I can see that the option that I may need to go down is using a hot-shoe MT> sync cord to connect to the flash off-camera, which will then drop down MT> to the lowest common denominator of TTL.
MT> Any advice appreciated.
