"tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Brad is incorrect. The compensation dial does affect ttl flash output >just as you described. I calculate that I've done it about 1500 times >this year with AF500FTZ's. > >Now, does it work with this particular flash you're talking about? >Hell if I know, but it *should* work with any TTL flash. What sort of >modification did you make? Did you have data imprinting on?
Not only that, but the white handkerchief technique *will* work when using TTL flash. The meter has no way of knowing that there's anything over the flash head cutting its output so the exposure it sets will be "wrong" for the amount of light that actually gets out of the flash. I've used this technique with the PZ-1p and the AF400FTZ. I've also used the manual compensation technique that Tom describes. >tv > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Leon Altoff [mailto:leon@;bluering.org.au] >> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 8:31 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: MZ-S can you ... >> >> >> Brad, >> >> White hankerchiefs have no effect when using TTL. I know >> that on the >> Z1, MZ-3 and MZ-5n you can set the camera to manual and use the >> exposure compensation on the camera to affect the TTL flash >> output. On >> the MZ-S this does not appear to be the case. I have a custom built >> flash with 2 heads, that used to be an AF240FT which I use for macro >> work. It's far lighter and easier to carry than 2 of any >> sort of flash >> and I'd like to use it with the MZ-S. Without the capability to do >> flash compensation and auto bracketing it makes it a lot >> less useful. >> >> Leon >> >> >> On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 06:45:54 -0500, Brad Dobo wrote: >> >> >Dare I weigh in? >> > >> >MZ-S can you ... do anything, yes! ;-) >> > >> >I may be wrong, I frequently am, but I do believe the EV >> dial on the camera >> >only 'tricks' the camera's meter. Nothing to do with >> flash. So, IMO, the >> >AF360FGZ is the only one capable of doing 'flash >> compensation'. Of course, >> >you can use white handkerchiefs to cut the power (the old >> rule was one layer >> >for every stop?). >> > >> >Brad Dobo >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "Leon Altoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 3:04 AM >> >Subject: MZ-S can you ... >> > >> > >> >> Hello all, >> >> >> >> I have a question for my fellow MZ-S owners out there. >> >> >> >> Is it possible to do flash compensation with older >> digital flashes like >> >> the AF-240FT? I did a few test shots using the camera >> set in manual >> >> mode and dialing in compensation on the camera >> compensation dial, but >> >> every picture came back with no change. >> >> >> >> So has anyone managed to do compensation on an older >> flash or can it >> >> only be done with the AF360FGZ? >> >> >> >> Thanks for all help. >> >> >> >> >> >> Leon >> >> >> >> http://www.bluering.org.au >> >> http://www.bluering.org.au/leon >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com Photography and writing
