Cameron, I'll try to give you some answers since I use flash quite a bit with mine. To start with, the 67II does have TTL. It can work with the old analog TTL flashes (280T, 400T) and the new digital flashes (500FTZ, 360FGZ). With the wooden grip, all you have to do is put the flash on the hotshoe, set to x-synch (camera will do that for you if in Aperture priority mode) and fire away. I have shot quite a lot with TTL at several weddings and it works great. The X-synch speed is actually 1/30 not 1/60. So when the ambient light is low, not a problem with handholding. I have mine usually on a Stroboframe bracket or the hotshoe grip.
Fill flash in brighter light is a problem. There are two leaf shutter lenses for the 67 and they don't work exactly the same. The general principle is that you cock the leaf shutter, which actually opens it so that you can see through the finder. Then the camera body needs to be set to 1/8 or slower. This gives the leaf shutter time to close, open and close again before the focal plane shutter is closed. The leaf is actually shut at the same time the lens is stopped down to working aperture. Each lens has a pc socket on them to trigger your flash. The difference in operation between the 90 LS and the 165 LS is that the 90 opens back up after the shot is taken, the 165 stays closed. Staying closed is a good reminder to cock the shutter again. On the 90, you can forget and then expose film at 1/8 (usually wrong). Because the flash is controlled by the lens and not the body, TTL is no longer available. Two other methods are to flash meter manually with a meter that can balance flash and ambient or to use a flash with it's own sensor. The AF360FGZ (newest flash) works especially well here because it's auto mode can be set to any f-stop you want. So all you have to do is meter the scene normally, then set the shutter speed to 1/8 and then set the flash to some value in relation to the lens setting (to compensate). Both lenses have shutter speeds up to 1/500. They can also be used as normal lenses without employing the use of the leaf shutter so you don't necessarily need both 90's and 165's. If you have more questions, feel free to holler. Brother Bruce Friday, June 07, 2002, 1:57:45 PM, you wrote: CH> How are the 67's with small, handle-mount flash? Do 67II's have TTL? Will a CH> 500 Pentax or a Metz 40MZ2 flash work well with this camera? With the low CH> sync speed of 1/60th, are smaller flashes a problem? How about with the leaf CH> shutter lenses? Must you use mirror lock up with leaf shutters, or how do CH> you lock open the main (internal) shutter on the camera? CH> Thanks, CH> Thinking of joining the brotherhood, CH> Cameron CH> PS: how about small flashes with large format (4x5)? Same questions... CH> - CH> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, CH> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to CH> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - 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 .
