On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, Luis Paulo de Sa wrote:
Will my FTZ500 work with my *ist DS, meaning full TTL and major functions? Would it be wiser to buy a new flash as well?
People have complained about the repeatability of TTL on the -Digis (Bill Robb may still have his page up with the model), while others question Pentax TTL as a whole (ie on film as well). Some people swear by the new Sigma flash on the -D; that supports P-TTL, has a long guide number, HSS etc. Pentax will be releasing the 540 soon, I believe, you may want to hold out.
P.S. and no, I am not in Brazil. Though I am Brazilian, currently I live in Lithuania.
Ah, you may want to try Germany to source your -Ds then. You may also want to consider the Samsung counterpart; it's most probably exactly the same camera with a different badge on it, but don't take my word for it.
Kostas
