Gosh, that's true!
I tried my 40MZ-2 with the SCA3702 on the K100D, and in fact ISO,
aperture and focal length (from F[A] lenses) are transmitted to the
flash when the latter is set to A. This is the no-brainer it should be,
at least the flash can do what the camera lacks. Results look properly
exposed. Unfortunately, there's no way to dial in exposure correction.
It's a pity this won't work as easy with my 45CL-4. But as this is a
dumb old flash I can correct exposure by chosing different aperture
values on the camera and the flash.
I am still wondering whether I've got the right camera for my needs.
(+) higher sensor ISO than compacts
(+) noise reduction
(+) a Pentax
(+) fast enough for me
(+) RSE can handle it's raw files
(-) no pentaprism, as I've just learned
(-) I do miss the mechanical aperture coupler, sorry
for mentioning again
(-) no program shift - I was really surprised about
this omission
(-) no TTL flash, only that P-TTL that doesn't seem
to work right on newer models, and would mean
new gear (or automatic mode with some limitations
as described above)
Should I consider trying to change my K100D for a *istDS, is TTL flash
with my present gear and a pentaprism instead of shake reduction worth it?
K10D is not an issue by now, flash seems to be a hassle, too, and I
would have to seriously update my PC to handle the raw files.
Hrmpf,
Pancho
Frits Wüthrich schrieb:
> I thought the current adapter is the SAC3703?
>
> On my 40MZ-2 TTL didn't work very well, but automatic did work very well. The
> ISO and aperture were transmitted to the 40MZ-2, so it was easy to work with.
>
> On Sunday 07 January 2007 21:48, Thibouille wrote:
>> Yeah I know well I will try to do as simple as possible but since the
>> subject is not, please be kind with me...
>>
>> Speaking about external flashes only (not RTF one).
>>
>> ist-D and ist-DS do support TTL (although with the D it really is not
>> very reliable)
>> all others DSLRs do NOT support TTL.
>>
>> In all the case, all DSLRs support P-TTL.
>>
>> Now the trick is... Metz has yet to produce an adapter which provides
>> P-TTL support to their very good flashes which means that... even the
>> most advanced Metz flash can at this time only work in neither TTL nor
>> PTTL with Pentax DSLRs except ist-D and DS with which they will work
>> in TTL mode.
>>
>> So in a word you're stuck with Auto and manual mode. They * should *
>> work but... in read a couple times that 3702 has a couple problems in
>> A mode with DSLRs... Howver 3701 has no problem.
>>
>> Of course Metz coming with a proper adapter would be a nice solution
>> but for the time being... we are ... stuck shall I say :(
>>
>> Hope you see now why this stuff is complicated ... but Metz is right
>> with their specifications...
>>
>> --
>>
>> Thibault Massart aka Thibouille
>> ----------------------
>> *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ...
>
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