Hi, If the flash is so sensitive to such subtle changes in camera movement, it's essentially worthless. But I don't think that's the case though. Later I made two more shots of the same subject, a little smurf on my desk, The desk is dark, you've seen the smurf. In one shot I included a few more bright elements than the other, That frame was brighter than the frame that contained almost all dark elements, which was somewhat underexposed Oh well, another mystery to be solved ... but not tonight.
One thing I would like to find out is exactly what the metering pattern is for CW Average in the DS. I had the patterns for the LX and the MX, and it really helped in some tricky situations. Both, while described as center weighted, are also bottom weighted, as shown in the LX pattern: http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/lxpat.gif Do you, or does anyone, know the pattern for the istDS? Shel "You meet the nicest people with a Pentax" > [Original Message] > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 11/6/2005 4:26:07 PM > Subject: Re: Odd Flash Behavior istDS > > The two exposures look to be hand-held and the framing is slightly > different. That could be affecting the flash meter reading. But who > knows? > > I use the in-camera flash so rarely I haven't spent any time trying > to figure out the consistencies/inconsistencies. When I use flash > right now, I'm using a non-dedicated Sunpak 383 with a bounce > diffuser. I make a test exposure and then tweak the aperture setting > until I get the results I want. Once I've dialed in the exposure, > it's very consistent. > > Godfrey > > On Nov 6, 2005, at 1:58 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > Took a few flash exposures to see how the flash worked. Here are > > two taken > > just a minute or so apart, same flash setting, same aperture, same > > shutter > > speed, same camera position, Pix are numbered in order taken. BTW, > > the > > third pic that I took looked just like the first one. What's going > > on here? > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/flashpix.jpg > > > > > > Shel > > "You meet the nicest people with a Pentax" > > > >
