If and when Pentax goes FF on their K mount cameras they will have to
redesign the whole camera. There'll lots of options then.
Ken Takeshita wrote:
>On 9/15/06, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>I use the pop-up flash quite often, mostly for the day-light fill-flash
>>It's so handy. Unless I know in advance what I am going to shoot, I avoid
>>lugging around a flash and a tripod (that's why I love the IS/AS/SR).
>>I do carry a flash for shooting people in rather large room (church etc),
>>but I almost all the time use the diffuser and the bounce flash, as I never
>>like the harsh light and shadow.
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>>Pop-ups are particularly handy when shooting people in close quarters indoor
>>(parties and such). I encounter many such cases, but the problem is again
>>too harsh a light and blown out . These days, I am carrying a LumiQuest
>>SoftScreen in my pocket.
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>RTF would be more useful if it has a tilt up feature, like Panasonic
>Lumix DMC-L1 has. Since, by definition, RTF is for a stop gap measure
>for the close range flash, the ability to bounce makes a lot of sense.
> It should be very easy to design just a manual tilt, just hold the
>flash head part and tilt upward. The, RTF becomes really useful.
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>Other thing about RTF that I always wonder is why can they not locate
>it to somewhere else other than on top of the prism housing. If and
>when Pentax go FF (God forbid :-), they will probably have no place to
>put it. I like the PZ-1 arrangement, but I can see no more room like
>that in today's compact cameras. Hope they can design some sort of
>collapsible (or pantagrpgh type) stuff and bury it in the side of grip
>ect, so that you can just pull it out etc.
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>Anyway, the problem with the current RTF (by any mfr) is its location
>and only a simple forward lighting. Power is usually enough for the
>close quarter bouncing.
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>Ken
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