On 20 October 2010 13:58, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > > .... I had pretty much given up on Pentax in camera metering, > especially the flash control. > Every Pentax I've had that had TTL flash metering from the LX onwards was > undependable for flash exposure.
The TTL flash in my dear departed Super A gave me no complaints, ranging from perfect exposure to slight underexposure and only rarely overexposing. Of course that was true TTL not P-TTL. Not being familiar with P-TTL, I'm curious to know if it meters in the same pattern as the camera is set to for ambient metering, or if it has its own pattern independent of the camera's ambient lightmeter. I wonder if John's camera was set to spot metering , which would be a bit unpredictable for flash metering which should be either centre-weighted or averaging. Wide-angle lens use also gives relatively deep, dark backgrounds that can throw the exposure out. regards, Anthony "Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight" (Anon) -- 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.
