On 3/4/06, Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 4 Mar 2006, Perry Pellechia wrote: > > > I am pretty happy with my Sunpak DX-12R. The modelling lights come in > > handy. However, TTL with the*istD is somewhat inconsistent and I find > > myself going full manual for most closeup work with the ring flash. > > It does a lot better with longer distances, but that's really not the > > point for a ring light. > > Have you a body on which the flash does better? TTL has distance > limitations, what does the flash manual/spec say?
No, The *istD is the only working Pentax body I have. With distances less than a meter the camera/flash consistently over exposes. At very close distances (10-50 cm) a exposure compensation of -2 usually works ok. However, I usually just put the flash in manual mode at its lowest setting and get pretty good exposure (lens at minimum aperture, shutter at 1/125s). I am not too concerned since I only use it with the D and I can use the histogram to adjust settings. Perry.
