Not exactly ... the DS does support TTL with pre-A lens AFAIK but only with external flashes. the RTF will do PTTL or full output. The D can do TTL even with RTF flash and old M42 lens.
Everuthinf from DL, DL2 etc and newer do NOT support TTL in ANY way. That's it. 2007/1/3, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > That's a typo in the DS manual. The DS model supports P-TTL with A- > series lenses, no problem. > > Pre-A series lenses used on the DS, DL, K100, K110 and K10D all do > the same thing: the flash operates in full output, unmetered mode. > You set exposure by using the guide number table in the manual. Only > the *ist D supports TTL flash metering with pre-A lenses, and from > what I understand, it isn't all that accurate. > > If you were going to buy anything more sophisticated than the Vivitar > 285 or Sunpak 383, buy either the Pentax AF360FGZ or AF540FGZ. > Personally, I haven't yet seen the need ... I use the Sunpak 383 and > get excellent results from it. > > Godfrey > > > On Jan 3, 2007, at 10:46 AM, Cory Papenfuss wrote: > > > A friend of mine with a *ist-DL just bought a cheepie TTL flash > > and was surprised to discover that it didn't work. I seemed to recall > > that was one of the neuterings that Pentax did between the DS and > > the DL > > (removed TTL flash). Sure enough, it seemed to work fine on my -DS... > > even with an pre-A lens! > > > > So, upon checking the respective camera manuals (pp 177 on the -DS > > and 178 on the -DL), the table agreed. One thing I found strange > > though... P-TTL alegedly *doesn't* work with an A lens on a -DS but > > does > > on a -DL. Can anyone verify this? What about with a pre-A lens? It > > seems weird to me that it *would* work on a -DS but would on a -DL. > > > > If that's the case, if I were looking to get a more automatic > > flash than the three Vivitar 285's I've got, I should probably get > > a TTL > > instead of a P-TTL. What are the drawbacks to that? > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
