Michael, I believe this is a person by person problem. If you encounter someone that keeps blinking, you can always turn off P-TTL and just use TTL the old way. My wife blinks even on regular flash.
Bruce Dayton Thursday, December 27, 2001, 8:21:41 AM, you wrote: MP> I have commented before on how well the MZ-S and AF360 work... the MP> camera's multi-zone metering of the preflash produce consistently good MP> exposures. However, one problem. There are some people who are prone MP> to blinking at the flash and while a single flash will typically take MP> the exposure before the blink, the preflash triggers the blink so the MP> eyes are closed when the actual exposure is made. MP> I have now tried off camera (wireless) flash, but the small camera flash MP> still fires prior to the exposure which may trigger the blink. I will MP> know when I have my last roll processed. Typically with an SLR one does MP> not see the flash fire because the mirror is up at the moment of MP> exposure. However, with preflash, one does see the flash, or actually MP> the preflash, through the viewfinder although the actual exposure and MP> flash follow so closely that there is no perceptible delay and it MP> appears to be one contiguous flash. MP> Any one else experiencing this problem? MP> Cheers, Mike. MP> - MP> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, MP> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to MP> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
