William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Roberts" > Subject: Re: Wedding photography > > >> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >>> On Aug 27, 2007, at 5:05 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>> >>>> Just in case you ever need to know, here's how you do it: >>>> Camera set to *manual* exposure >>>> Aperture set for desired DOF >>>> Shutter speed set to minimum hand-holdable speed or for brightest area >>>> where you'll be shooting -- whichever is greater >>>> Flash set to P-TTL auto, no exposure compensation >>> Essentially the same as using a simple, non-dedicated auto-flash, >> Don't you have to adjust aperture for flash-subject distance for those? >> (Been a while since I used one.) > > Nope, you are setting the auto output to match the aperture in use, the > difference is the flash is self controlling it's own output, and my > experience is that it does so more accurately than the TTL control on > Pentax. > This is one of my few peeves with Pentax. > > William Robb > >
It's not just a Pentax thing. Try a Canon with A-TTL or E-TTL sometime. E-TTL II is better as long as you have a lens that passes distance info (ring-type USM only), but really is nothing more than range-priority manual flash with preflash-based TTL override. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
