Thursday, September 12, 2002, 10:17:24 AM, Shaun wrote: SC> A couple of questions for all the learned Pentaxians out there. Firstly, is SC> there an alternative power source for the AF500FTZ other than AA, the TR SC> power packs or a quantum battery? All have their limitations, and I can't SC> seem to come up with any other heavy-duty power source.
What are their limitations? You could always rig up a big battery pack using e.g. industrial big NiMH cells of 5Ah (or even bigger capacity if you have the $)... SC> presently for daylight fill flash on small birds etc on my z-1 with a lens IIRC, the Z-1 (not Z1p) doesn't have independent flash exposure compensation. Of all the Pentax _bodies_ so far, only the Z-1p (and perhaps the Japan only Z5p) has independent compensation for both flash and ambient exposure (on MZ-S, this is done on the flash 360fgz itself. I hope Metz will come up with an updated foot for MZ-S with exp.comp. on the foot) However, on all Pentax bodies capable of manual mode and exp. compensation (that is, Z-1, SFXn, MZ-5n,...), you can shoot in manual mode and set exp.compensation to e.g. -1 or -2, this way, only the flash will be affected and will act as fill in. You have to remember it during the metering though, as the metering is affected too, and either meter with handheld meter, or offset the set -1 e.c. during metering. Good light, Frantisek Vlcek
