I need to check this with my af160fc. If I remember correctly you should dial the aperture ring to A and it should do PTTL
On 2 June 2015 at 17:28, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > It seems that the AF 160 FC flash has garnered many positive reviews, so I > decided to get one. It arrived yesterday and I found no P-TTL compatability > with my A* 200 macro lens. At first I thought it might be defective - but > going over the manual I find (on page 26) a statement that P-TLL mode will > accurately meter only with auto focus lenses. That is a tremendous surprise > - I've had 2 AF360FGZ's and one Metz flash that all support P-TTL with A > lenses. The ringflash seems to be something of a bybred since it also > supports the old TTL and does not support high speed synching. Just thought > I'd post that as a heads up to anyone else considering this flash and who is > not using an AF lens. > > I tried the unit with a few AF lenses at it works perfectly. An an A lens it > produces the pre-flash but output is always 100% - I ried several A lenses > with no luck. > > So - this is going back to B&H after being out of the box for only an hour > or so. > > I've been having pretty bad luck with flashes over the past few months - > both my AF360FGZ's gave out within a couple weeks of each other back in > January. The Metz 58 AF-2 that I bought to replace them still works, but it > no longer illuminates the control LCD screen and needs to be sent in for a > warranty repair. (At first I thought it was a settings issue, but Metz > customer support said to send it in.) Now the the AF160... > > Mark > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.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.
