Re: interesting flash limitation in *ist-Ds

2005-02-24 Thread Holger Stephan
I confirm that. Holger Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Mark, You can quote the manual all you want. The manual is not correct in that it doesn't specify the A series manual focus lenses' operation properly. ...

Re: interesting flash limitation in *ist-Ds

2005-02-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yep, that's the way all manual flashes used to work. You just set your stop based on the distance. Pretty simple really, especially with a small flash of very limited range. Paul On Feb 22, 2005, at 11:59 PM, Mark Erickson wrote: I took a look at the *ist-Ds manual, and it appears that if an

Re: interesting flash limitation in *ist-Ds

2005-02-23 Thread Peter J. Alling
Not on the shutter speed. I haven't noticed any blatant under exposures or over exposures so I assumed it was using TTL. I'll have to check the manual and maybe experiment. (I'm more and more glad I got the D and not the Ds, though a bigger buffer would be nice). Mark Erickson wrote: I took a

Re: interesting flash limitation in *ist-Ds

2005-02-23 Thread Mark Erickson
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Mark Erickson wrote: I took a look at the *ist-Ds manual, and it appears that if an older lens (i.e., not an FA, FAJ, D FA or DA) is mounted and the built-in flash is used, the shutter speed is fixed at 1/180 and the flash always fires at full power (see page 147 of

Re: interesting flash limitation in *ist-Ds

2005-02-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Mark, You can quote the manual all you want. The manual is not correct in that it doesn't specify the A series manual focus lenses' operation properly. I tested flash behavior using a Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7 lens on my DS body and what I reported is how it behaves. The flash does P-TTL in all

Re: interesting flash limitation in *ist-Ds

2005-02-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Mark, You can quote the manual all you want. The manual is not correct in that it doesn't specify the A series manual focus lenses' operation properly. I tested flash behavior using a Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7 lens on my DS body and what I reported is how it behaves. The flash does P-TTL in all

interesting flash limitation in *ist-Ds

2005-02-22 Thread Mark Erickson
I took a look at the *ist-Ds manual, and it appears that if an older lens (i.e., not an FA, FAJ, D FA or DA) is mounted and the built-in flash is used, the shutter speed is fixed at 1/180 and the flash always fires at full power (see page 147 of the manual). Yikes! Seems like a little bit of a

Re: interesting flash limitation in *ist-Ds

2005-02-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
--- Mark Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I took a look at the *ist-Ds manual, and it appears that if an older lens (i.e., not an FA, FAJ, D FA or DA) is mounted and the built-in flash is used, the shutter speed is fixed at 1/180 and the flash always fires at full power (see page 147 of the