I found with my Metz 40MZ-2, that ISO 400 works best, also with the RTF btw. Still I don't use the TTL. since even the 'best' at ISO400 is disappointing. I use my Metz at auto setting, using the sensor of the flash, and that works very good.
On Wednesday 09 November 2005 21:16, Jens Bladt wrote: FJW> Jack, in my experience, TTL metering is not very accurate at ISO 800. Stick FJW> to ISO 200-400. (Who needs a flash at ISO 800??) FJW> Exposure should be OK at ISO 200. Did you have a too lagrge distance to get FJW> enough light at ISO 200, do you think? Did you use the correct FOV for the FJW> flash? FJW> I have also noticed that TTL flashes don't work very well with the *ist D if FJW> I use the red-light spot for AF. Don't ask me why. Flashes that don't have FJW> this feature work better in TTL mode. FJW> FJW> I wouldn't use Green Mode - at all. Green mode is for Point and Shooters and FJW> doesn't really belong on a DSLR IMO. FJW> I use manual mode to ensure that I am in control of speed and aperture. The FJW> TTL (or the flash sensor) will take care of the exposure. I am in charge of FJW> DOF and motion-unsharpness (provided the room is not completely dark). FJW> FJW> Annother thing. I hardly ever use a flash directly. Light is supposed to FJW> come from above. Not horzintally. Horizontal shadows are ugly IMO. I bounce FJW> off the cieling or at lest off a 45 degree screen on top of the flash, or a FJW> small soft box - or whatever. Anything but a direct flash. Your shots will FJW> look as if they were made with a Point & Shoot. Anyone can do this with a FJW> Canon IXUS or whatever - so why bother carying a heavy DSLR with a big flash FJW> on top? FJW> FJW> But you are right TTL flash sucks on *ist D. It's not accurate. Find you own FJW> mode. And know how much exposure compensatiob is needed for ISO 200, 400 and FJW> 800 for a particualr flash. Then simply stick to these settings. FJW> Photographers hav always done this. Good or bad pictures, that's your FJW> choise. Afterall - a camera is just tool - like a hammer or a bicylce. FJW> You're the craftsman. FJW> FJW> Regards FJW> FJW> Jens Bladt FJW> http://www.jensbladt.dk FJW> FJW> -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- FJW> Fra: Jack Isidore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] FJW> Sendt: 7. november 2005 18:50 FJW> Til: [email protected] FJW> Emne: flash issues with IstD and 500FTZ FJW> FJW> FJW> I have an istD with 330FTZ, 400FTZ and 500FTZ flashes. FJW> The camera is in green mode and I take flash shots at ISO 200, 400 and FJW> 800 ASA all from a tripod, the same subject and the flashes in FJW> auto-TTL mode. FJW> The 200 ISO shots are all underexposed, 400 ISO is more or less FJW> correctly exposed and 800 ISO are all overexposed. FJW> FJW> The IstD manual recommends 200-800 ASA for these flashes. FJW> FJW> The solution would be to allways use ISO 400 for flash which would be FJW> very strange. FJW> FJW> Jack FJW> FJW> FJW> FJW> -- Frits Wüthrich
