I have an *istD, but I've found that my TTL flashes work fine in all shooting modes at speeds of 1/150th or less. They seem to perform slightly better at ISO 400 than at other settings, but that's hard to determine for certain. The unit I've used most often is the Pentax AT400. Of course the normal variables of flash photography apply. I think this has caused a lot of people to conclude that the camera doesn't handle TTL very well. The Sigma 500 Super, which is a Pentax dedicated flash, works very well in every mode I've tried, including high speed synch, p-ttl, ttl, and trailing curtain.
Paul
On May 11, 2005, at 11:23 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
Collin
Quoting Collin R Brendemuehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
1. The strap was the *istD strap. 2. I can't find anything in the manual about K/M/SM lens usage. 3. Initial shots look ok. But I'm shooting jpg. Will install s/w & shoot raw over the weekend.
Like you, I'm recently *ist DS enabled, and working my way through it's many features. I think I'm going to like the camera.....
I replaced the strap with one from the Z/MZ series, so that I could store the plastic covers from the eyepiece and hotshoe in the pockets on those straps (great idea - pity Pentax dropped them from the D/DS strap).
The manual is very light on on advice on using older lenses. The main section that deals with it is the table on page 179. This deals with changing the default setting for using the aperture ring on lenses. I haven't tried older lenses yet but, from what I can see you have to change the default before you can use older lenses successfully.
I would have preferred the various metering modes to have been accessible from the Fn menu rather than being buried in another menu.
My main gripe, however, is the very redimentary section on using external flashes. The info on Page 153 really isn't good enough. A fair bit of trial and error is going to be necessary with this.....
Cheers
Brian
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