Patrick, let me humbly suggest that you take it to fully manual (M) mode and try again. It seems to me that any (semi)automatic mode forces P-TTL automatics to engage.
On 1/3/07, Patrick Genovese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Probably Aperture Priority, Since it is my most frequently used mode. > > Regards > Patrick > > On 1/3/07, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Patrick, what mode your K10D? Manual? Anything but manual? > > > > On 1/3/07, Patrick Genovese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Has anyone managed to used the 500FTZ in manual mode with a K10D ? > > > > > > Here's the problem i'm facing.. > > > > > > 1. If I leave the flash in ttl mode than is simply puts out full power > > > flash bursts as expected since it does not support P-TTL. So far so > > > good. > > > > > > 2. When i put the flash in Manual mode (press the mode button) and use > > > the adjust button to adjust the power level. The power level adjusts > > > accordingly but as soon as i half press the shutter release to focus, > > > the flash automatically reverts to TTL mode and hencforth full power > > > bursts. It seems that the camera is commanding the flash back into ttl > > > mode. > > > > > > Has anyone seen this behaviour or am i doing something wrong. > > > > > > Is the behaviour the same on the DS / DL / K100 ? > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Patrick Genovese > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > -- > > Boris > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > Regards > > Patrick Genovese > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

