Hello Charles, I have pretty good luck at weddings using an AF400T on the *istD with a Lumiquest Softbox. I set it to TTL and ISO 400 - I usually have to adjust camera compensation down a stop or two and then it works pretty well. I haven't tried my AF280T that way, but I would expect it to work about the same.
I think the two best choices are an older Pentax flash AF280T or AF400T in TTL with compensation or any flash that can be set for Auto Flash. -- Bruce Tuesday, December 20, 2005, 8:59:47 PM, you wrote: CR> On Dec 20, 2005, at 17:50, Bruce Dayton wrote: >> Pre-flash metering really has problems when I am doing wedding and >> portrait work. When you get a blinker, they really tend to blink >> right after the pre-flash causing many shots of eyes not fully open. >> While it technically works well, people don't handle it very well. A >> very mixed bag in my opinion. >> CR> This is my biggest gripe with the Sigma EF 500 DG Super (and perhaps CR> many other flashes): - I wish I could switch it to "plain old TTL". CR> My daughter is a "blinker" and it's ruined many an otherwise-great CR> photo opportunity with her. CR> Is there an otherwise-intelligent flash out there with such an option CR> available? Or is it time to pull out the old "automatic" Vivitar and CR> play it old-school with manual F-stops and shutter speeds and letting CR> the flash alone determine exposure? CR> -Charles CR> -- CR> Charles Robinson CR> [EMAIL PROTECTED] CR> Minneapolis, MN CR> http://charles.robinsontwins.org
