Yes, it does. Will be curious to learn how it works for you. I have to say that I've been fine with the on-board fill the few times I've used it.
Jack --- Micah Kleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I always had a problem adjusting for wireless flash controller with > *istD. I tried with the K10D yesterday and still wasn't happy. I > just ordered those cheapy radio slave triggers to fire my pair of > 360s to see if they do a better job. I've never been happy using the > > onboard flash for any reason (except to give me some AF assist). > I'll report on how they work. For about $50 for the transmitter and > > two receivers, it seems like an affordable experiment. > > Micah > > On Feb 9, 2007, at 3:16 AM, Jan van Wijk wrote: > > > On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 18:18:37 -0800 (PST), Jack Davis wrote: > > > >> The on-board flash must pre-flash, as I understand it, > >> to convey needed settings to the off camera flash. > > > > Yes, exactly > > > >> When the on-board is set as a "controller" it should fire out of > >> sink to avoid affecting the picture. > >> Do I misunderstand? > > > > No, that is how it works. As a 'controller' it should only issue > > the 'pre-flash', which as the name implies, is fired BEFORE > > the shutter is open ... > > > > That is hard to detect though, you can only see it in > > the images (if the flash is reflected for instance) or > > perhaps in very long exposures (1 sec or so) but > > I did not test that ... > > > > > > Regards, JvW > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
