Bill asked: >Bob S. wrote: >> AF200T, not S, is a smaller version of the >> AF280T without the tilt and swivel features. >> ..just fine for the Super Program and TTL Flash. > > Hi Bob, > > Do you find yourself often using a shoe-mount > flash without tilt or swivel? That is, pointed > directly at the scene you're shooting? I'd > feel very limited -- in the pictures I take > with flash -- without at least a swiveling head. > Would you say you are able to get by with a non- > swivel head -- for your kind of shooting -- with > just a diffuser (Omnibounce, etc.) over the > flash? I'm curious about this.
Bill, I don't use flash that often. When I do, I have two modes... 1) a set-up shot at home and I'll use an AF280T or two, sometimes remote from the camera (on a wire). 2) a grab shot at a family event within a home. The AF200T is particularly useful here as it is so small and compact to carry, but gives full TTL flash. I was disappointed early by the tilt and swivel stuff on the AF280T. I lost so much light trying to bounce it off the ceiling that I couldn't light the room properly (for Kodachrome 64). If I take the PZ-1 along to the family gathering, I'll take the AF500T and have used it to bounce off the ceiling (with ASA 200 film). However, the AF500T on the offset PZ-1 flash shoe does a pretty good job of eliminating red-eye and the pictures are OK if with minimum modeling from the light. Usually I'll try to get by without a flash on the camera, just faster film and f2.0 or better lenses. Regards, Bob S. - 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 .
