Hello mapson, Certainly an area that I am most interested in. I am not shooting with the AF500FTZ. I have the AF360FGZ and 2 AF400T's and 1 AF280T. Could you be a bit more specific about what your results are like? All underexposed/overexposed/all over the map? How is the flash attached? Bracket or hotshoe?
Thanks, Bruce Monday, January 5, 2004, 9:09:04 PM, you wrote: m> With a recent purchase of *istD and an arsenal of other Pentax gear I m> thought I could conquer the world. m> HOWEVER I found it quite disappointing that the *istD produces far from m> acceptable results when combined with AF-500FTZ ( I won't even mention m> that Sigma EF-430ST) goes totally belly-up). m> Even when the flash gets switched to MANUAL, it still behaves somewhat like m> auto. I found it almost impossible to get a good fill-in compensation. m> The built in flash produces better results, however it is not very m> impressive either. Especially in fill-in where background is quite bright. m> Here are my questions for the Pentax Brotherhood: m> * is it the nature of digital cameras that they do not work well with m> flashes (probably not) m> * does anyone have any experience using *ist and 500FTZ? m> * is the 'new kid on the block' AF-360FGZ producing acceptable results m> combined with *istD m> * what are the best modes to use flash in? m> Just to let you know I have used Z-1, Z-1p, and MZ, ZX camers for a number m> of years, consuming tens of rolls of film a month. Apart from the 1/100s m> flash synch limitations the results were quite satisfactory. Z-1, Z-1p - no m> problems. m> With *istD I am not trying to be pedantic to get it within 0.001EV of a m> perfect value. I am trying to get it 'somewhere'. Being able to shoot m> consistently and reliably. At present I cannot achieve it! m> Can anyone offer any help? m> ---- (*)o(*) ---- m> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
