Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
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.
AFAIK, the TTL flash is so much erratic with the D, not with the DS/DL/etc.
I had the chance to use the DS for some time and it worked fine with older
flash units, while my D doesn't.
I think at a certain time (after the D and before the DS) Pentax was able to
fix the mess. I don't know if the 2nd generation flash circuitry for the D
addresses the problem.
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.
From the hardware point of view, I trust they are the same. However, I
wouldn't be surprised to discover that the Samsung GX-1S/L duo won't have
backward compatibility with M-series lenses, or will show other menu
variations. If so, it will be interesting to see if they will accept Pentax
firmware. We have to wait and see.
I'd advice anybody planning to get a Sam to check the menus before buying in
a rush.
Dario
