I Just tried the RTF: Same result, just a bit greater variations, thoug. I got one tiny overexposure (still within the acceptable) at f4 (open). This is not an issue to me. I would never use the RTF for anything else than a fill in flash. Never as the main light source (I own more TTL flashes than cameras).
Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 3. december 2004 20:57 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: RE: EC with TTL Flash on ist D? 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 > > > > >
