Jens, see what luck you have with the built in flash. I'll duplicate the tests with the 360 and the 500 and see what happens. (Thanks for the samples)
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 1:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: EC with TTL Flash on ist D? > > > I have made some test shots (emailed to a list member) with my *ist D and > the AF500FTZ flash, using TTL-flash metering. > I have used P, P(Tv), P(Av) and M settings. And quite frankly, I > can't seem > to get one faulty exposure no matter what I do, except perhaps from shots > where the flash is out of range (long distance). > I have even tried to set the camera to "Auto Sensivity Correction > if out of > range" - which means auto ISO setting if necessary. This didn't cause any > bad exposures either - I still got good exposures. All shots were very > usable and the exposure would at the most be perhaps 0.3 or stop or less > off. > > How come? > What am I doing wrong here? > What must I do to get some wrong exposures, like everyone else > seem to get? > Am I the only one who has a *ist D, that works just like most other Pentax > cameras, manufactured after 1983 (P-series exempted)? > > I guess I'll have to do more tests with different flashes. > If I'm lucky I may be able to get bad exposures too. > I would really hate to be the only one on the list who own a > Pentax *ist D, > that does TTL-flash flawlessly! > > Jens Bladt > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 3. december 2004 00:21 > Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Emne: RE: EC with TTL Flash on ist D? > > > It does. Z-1/Z1p did too. > I don't understand all this exposure failure talk about the TTL-flash and > the *ist D. My *ist D works pretty much exactly like any other TTL-flash > system I have used (Super A, PZ-1/PZ-1p and MZ-S). I have noticed small > diffrerences depending on which FLASH I use. My AF280T over exposes just a > little, but my all my different Metz flahses hit bulls eye IMO. So I can't > really complanin about the camera. Works fine for me! > > Could there be any custom setting, that will influence this - perhaps an > auto sensivity (ISO) setting ? > > Jens Bladt > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 2. december 2004 23:11 > Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Emne: Re: EC with TTL Flash on ist D? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Sanderson" > Subject: EC with TTL Flash on ist D? > > > >I just took a series of shots using an M type lens at f5.6 and TTL > > flash on the D in Manual Mode at 1/150 second and ISO 400. > > I was about 4.5ft (1.5M) from the subject. > > Used the pop up flash, room was very dimly lit. > > > > At EC settings from -2.5 to +2.5 all of the shots are *uniformly* > > overexposed. > > What gives, does EC not affect TTL flash in manual? > > What does one do in this situation? > > Welcome to the wonderful world of TTL flash, Pentax style. > > William Robb > > > > >
