Re: P-TTL and how-to-disable question

2008-06-28 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jun 28, 2008, at 0:49, John Francis wrote: No. If the flash thinks it is connected to a camera that can talk P-TTL, there's no way to set the flash to A. You can try to do it - it might even appear to work when you look at the LCD panel on the flash. But the first time you half-press

Re: P-TTL and how-to-disable question

2008-06-28 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 09:42:09AM -0500, Charles Robinson wrote: On Jun 28, 2008, at 0:49, John Francis wrote: No. If the flash thinks it is connected to a camera that can talk P-TTL, there's no way to set the flash to A. You can try to do it - it might even appear to work when you

Re: P-TTL and how-to-disable question

2008-06-28 Thread Thibouille
What the ist-D will do is not allowing plain TTL however which is annoying since the body does indeed support it. All DSLR and PTTL capable bodies will make Pentax flash act this way. A solution is using Mets flashes. On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 8:01 PM, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On

Re: P-TTL and how-to-disable question

2008-06-27 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:30:49 +0200 schreef Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Just thinking aloud... about how to use my screwy 540 for a while before sending it in for repairs. If I were to somehow cover all of the pins except for the center one and the 1st original I'm a dedicated

Re: P-TTL and how-to-disable question

2008-06-27 Thread James
Can you set the flash to the A position with the mode button? If you can, there is no need to try and cover up any pins. Just make sure the Iso matches what the camera is set to. Maybe the apateur as will if camera is in AV mode. James On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:30:49 -0500, Charles Robinson

Re: P-TTL and how-to-disable question

2008-06-27 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jun 27, 2008, at 20:17, James wrote: Can you set the flash to the A position with the mode button? If you can, there is no need to try and cover up any pins. Just make sure the Iso matches what the camera is set to. Maybe the apateur as will if camera is in AV mode. The thing is, the

Re: P-TTL and how-to-disable question

2008-06-27 Thread James
I have tried my 360FGZ on my superA. It always defaults to P-TTL despite the camera not supporting P-TTL. The flash will however use Analog TTL with the superA despite the lcd showing P-TTL. The SuperA doesn't have the digital contact. Looks like you will either have to send it back or press

Re: P-TTL and how-to-disable question

2008-06-27 Thread John Francis
No. If the flash thinks it is connected to a camera that can talk P-TTL, there's no way to set the flash to A. You can try to do it - it might even appear to work when you look at the LCD panel on the flash. But the first time you half-press the shutter on the camera the flash will switch to

P-TTL and how-to-disable question

2008-06-26 Thread Charles Robinson
Just thinking aloud... about how to use my screwy 540 for a while before sending it in for repairs. If I were to somehow cover all of the pins except for the center one and the 1st original I'm a dedicated Pentax flash and this is how I signal to you that I'm charged pin, would the thing

Re: P-TTL and how-to-disable question

2008-06-26 Thread pnstenquist
My 540 works at full power when I use it with an M or K lens and set the camera to M exposure. Paul -- Original message -- From: Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just thinking aloud... about how to use my screwy 540 for a while before sending it in for