It looks like I should ask Pentax to confirm how this should work and
maybe get a replacement.
Good luck with that !
The times I've asked 'Pentax - US' for more info/explanations it winds up I
know more about the issue than they do.
Now if you could converse with 'Pentax Japan' you might get somewhere.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark C" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: AF160 FC Ringflash Compatibility
Just to double check - that's with a manual focus lens?
It looks like I should ask Pentax to confirm how this should work and
maybe get a replacement.
Mark
On 6/2/2015 2:01 PM, Toine wrote:
My flash works normally with aperture to A.
On 2 June 2015 at 19:22, Toine <[email protected]> wrote:
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
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