My understanding was/is that the F1 does not have TTL flash capability. May have been different in the case of the F1N(?) When I was at an equipment cross-roads (prox 1980), it was between the F1 and the LX. I went with the LX precisely because it offered TTL flash. Grew to love the system for a lot of reasons. This due to "Adam's" remarks below.
Jack --- Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > William Robb wrote: > > > > > TTL flash metering, by definition, is taking reflected readings off > > > the film/sensor. > > OTOH, TTL flash as done on the istD has been less than accurate for > > > me. Preflash measurement is more accurate, I am led to believe, but > > > has the downside of slowing camera responsivness. > > Accurate automatic flash has been the best compromise I have found. > > Tim is confusing TTL flash measurement with the automatic exposure > via > > continuous OTF light measurement, which is unique to the LX (at > least > > I haven't heard of another camera that does it), and only works at > > speeds below flash sync, the further from sync speed, the better > > chance it has of working. > > > > William Robb > > > > > The Nikon F3, Canon New F1 and several Olympus OM models all do > TTL-OTF > ambient metering. The unique feature of the LX is that it does so > down > to -6.5EV, a range which is unheard of. > > -Adam > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
