On Sun, 26 Aug 2001 20:10:50 +0200, you wrote:
>In aperure priority mode set whatever exposure
>you want that gives shutterspeed slower than 1/180s.
>Lock that exposure - it takes a twist of the thumb.
>Dial in exp. compensation. Thats it.
> Its far easier and faster than on the Z-1p I used to own.
>
This makes sense to me, and I own PZ1p's but not an
MZ-S.
So as far as I can tell, if one sets flash exposure
comp semi-permanently, like I do, the PZ1p works best,
because it affects all modes and you get the correct
ambient exposure readout on the bar graph.
But if one sets flash exposure comp shot by shot, or
set it once for a continuous series of shots, then the
MZ-S technique is fast, and certainly very easy to
perform.
The MZ-S technique's only drawback, and I'm not even
sure this is true, is that some bar graph will say your
are shooting at the wrong ambient light exposure when
if fact you are just compensating the flash.
By corollary, wouldn't the MZ-S technique apply to
other bodies? I mean, set the correct exposure at or
below synch speed, then dial in exp comp but don't
change aperture or shutterspeed - that technique
sounds pretty simple, and should work for any body in
which the TTL flash sensor quenches the flash at the
exposure value defined by the exposure compensation
setting.
BTW, there's another way to describe this MZ-S flash
exposure comp: Set exposure comp to minus 1.5. In
manual, select aperture/shutter speed (at or under the
synch speed) that overexposes by 1.5 above the metered
value. Shoot.
--
John Mustarde
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