Interesting stuff. Them's wacky folks at Metz ... ! G
On Sep 24, 2007, at 2:32 PM, Axel Belinfante wrote: > metz sca stuff will do anything dedicated it is able of, > at least in my experience. it is not always as capable > as we would like it to be, though... > > some discussion is also at > http://www.jr-worldwi.de/photo/ist_DS_internalflash.html > and in the pentax forum on photo.net and at the end of > http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=23002010 > > > just tried myself with k10d and 40mz-2 + sca 3701, > ct-4 + sca 374/2 af and ct-4 + sca 372. > > with 40mz-2 + sca 3701, flash on A, aperture set on camera > (automatically in hyp mode, both fully auto and hyp-shifted) > even though it cannot do p-ttl and the k10d does not ttl, > it does pass iso, aperture, and focal length (zooms flash head). > it tells the camera the flash is ready, and reports result > (flash symbol in view finder flashes after correct exposure). > does 2nd curtain sync. > this seems pretty ok from an ease of operation POV. > the only way to do flash exposure compenstion seems > to be by manually overriding e.g. aperture setting on the 40mz-2 > (flash exposure on camera is not passed on it seems, not now) > > [hmm. also exist sca 3702, and 3702 m2, don't know the differnce] > > > with the ct-4 + sca 374/2 af loss of ttl flash has bigger impact, > becaue it does not pass aperture or iso, > so you have to set these on the flash as well as on the camera. > flash readyness and exposure result is passed, > and AF helplight on the adapter switches on when focussing > (but only in AF.S mode, not in AF.C mode). > does 2nd curtain sync. > > ct-4 + sca 372 passes flash readyness + result. > > > don't know what to call that... semi-dedicated sounds fair - > it does what it is capable of, but cannot deal with all > features of the camera - too old for that. > loss of ttl is a major pain, esp. for the older models > where it surely affects ease of operation. > > > Axel. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
