The K-7 does P-TTL just fine with A lenses and it is officially supported, if you had an issue there's a problem with either the lens or the camera.
-Adam On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:26 AM, AlunFoto <[email protected]> wrote: > If the K-5 has reintroduced support for P-TTL with A-series lenses, > that's great news. I know from experience that the K-7 does not give > P-TTL with A*200/4 macro. I tried both the AF540FGZ and the AF160FC > ring flash. > > 2011/4/12 SV Hovland <[email protected]>: >> Copied from page 187 in the K-5 manual: >> http://album.heime.org/album/temporary/pttl.jpg >> >> Stig Vidar Hovland >> >> ________________________________________ >> Fra: [email protected] [[email protected]] på vegne av AlunFoto >> [[email protected]] >> Sendt: 12. april 2011 12:14 >> Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Emne: 645D: flash and manual focus lenses >> >> To those interested in technical stuff about 645D, I've looked at how >> flash metering is implemented in 645D. >> >> As most of you probably know, the K-mount cameras no longer support >> the old-style TTL flashes. The last camera to do so was the *istDS2. >> Now it's only P-TTL that works. And only with AF lenses. With manual >> focus lenses you have no TTL flash metering at all. >> >> I was worried that this might be the case for 645D too, but >> fortunately P-TTL works with the 645A-series lenses too. If you can >> live with inconsistencies in automatic white balance. A minor nit, in >> my opinion. >> >> Full-length meanderings here: >> http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/04/645d-part-3.html >> >> Jostein >> >> -- >> http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ >> http://alunfoto.blogspot.com >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
