With the AF 540, the K10D is accurate at every ISO. With some other flashes, it can vary. Paul On Feb 13, 2008, at 9:40 PM, William Robb wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Franklin" > Subject: Re: Pentax AF-540 FGZ Parts list > > >> Charles Robinson wrote: >> >>> ist-DS >>> >>> Just for kicks, I should see how the Sigma (with the Omnibounce) >>> handles exposures with my "loaner" ist-DL. Just out of scientific >>> curiousity. >> >> I don't remember having any problems like /that/. I don't use an >> Omnibounce but I have a cheap knockoff of one of its competitors. >> It's >> basically a pyramidal snoot/diffuser that goes over the head like the >> Omnibounce, but is much larger than the Omnibounce. >> >>> With the DS, the Sigma, and the Omnibounce it would almost always >>> overexpose by about 1.5-2 stops. And the "trick" for getting it to >>> expose properly was to slide out the wide-angle diffuser before >>> putting the Omnibounce on. Then it was nearly always spot-on. >>> Weird. >> >> Very strange. >> >> Have you gotten the firmware updates for your flash? It took less >> than >> two weeks from the time I sent it in to it showing up unannounced >> on my >> doorstep one afternoon. >> > > I found that the istD and K10 suffer flash exposure problems at any > ISO > other than 400, and they are dead on the money at that ISO. I don't > know if > this is relevent or not. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
