On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:01 -0500, "John Sessoms" <[email protected]> wrote: > From: "P. J. Alling" > > On 3/8/2010 10:09 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > >> > From: Larry Colen > >>> >> On Mar 8, 2010, at 4:58 AM, Miserere wrote: > >>> >> > >>>>> >>> > On 7 March 2010 14:35, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>> >>>> >> > >>>>>>> >>>> >> It is possible that all other PDMLers know this resource > >>>>>>> >>>> >> (or some don't care for it - as I know some people here don't > >>>>>>> >>>> >> care > >>>>>>> >>>> >> about [if not simply detest] flashes), but it was rather > >>>>>>> >>>> >> useful > >>>>> >>>> to >> me: > >>>>>>> >>>> >> http://pttl.mattdm.org/overview > >>>>>>> >>>> >> > >>>>>>> >>>> >> Very nice summary for each P-TTL flash plus comparison across > >>>>> >>>> models > >>>>>>> >>>> >> for each feature. > >>>>>>> >>>> >> > >>>>>>> >>>> >> Igor > >>>>> >>> > > >>>>> >>> > I don't know about other PDMLers, but I've had that page > >>>>> >>> > bookmarked > >>>>> >>> > for a long time; useful stuff. And Matt happens to be a Boston > >>>> >>> guy, so > >>>>> >>> > he probably says "flah-shes". > >>>>> >>> > > >>>>> >>> > As for people detesting flashes, I think there are two types of > >>>>> >>> > photographers: Those who know how to strobe, and those that hate > >>>>> >>> > strobes. > >>>>> >>> > > >>>>> >>> > I'm somewhere in between :-) > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> I neither consider myself good with strobes, nor do I hate them. > >>> >> > >>> >> I do not, however, like my AF540. It will NOT stay in manual mode. > >> > > >> > Mine does the same thing. It's like if I'm not shooting for a minute > >> > or two it goes to sleep & when I wake it up again it has reverted to > >> > PTTL. > >> > > >> > Is it supposed to do that? > >> > > > Well obviously you wouldn't want to make a mistake and think for yourself. > > PJ, YOU are an ASSHOLE! >
In fairness, I think Peter was expressing a sarcastic comment directed at the designers of the flash, not at you. I haven't checked whether my AF360FGZ behaves in the same way but I'm in the "I hate strobes" category and try to avoid using the damn thing. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are -- 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.
