Re: Optio S flash

2003-06-12 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
Alin Flaider a écrit: Hi Bill, Most likely there's no dedicated flash sensor. Instead it relies on the ambient light sensor that measures during the pre-flash. Very similarly to MZ-S operation in P-TTL mode. The Optio S has a flash sensor,under the flash windows ! See owner manual p

Re: Optio S flash

2003-06-12 Thread Alin Flaider
Hi Bill, Most likely there's no dedicated flash sensor. Instead it relies on the ambient light sensor that measures during the pre-flash. Very similarly to MZ-S operation in P-TTL mode. Servus, Alin Bill wrote: BO> Apparently the Optio S uses a flash system similar to the M

Re: Optio S flash

2003-06-12 Thread Bill Owens
e the pre-flashes are telling the camera the proper settings to use for the exposure. Can anyone shed any light on this? Bill - Original Message - From: "Steve Morphet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 8:39 AM Subject: RE: O

RE: Optio S flash

2003-06-12 Thread Steve Morphet
Bill Owens wrote: >Apparently the Optio S uses a flash system similar to the MZ-S. In normal >flash mode there are 2 quick flashed and in red eye reduction there are >three. Has Pentax been able to get a flash sensor inside something this >small? I don't know how the MZ-S flash works, but I can

Optio S flash

2003-06-11 Thread Bill Owens
Apparently the Optio S uses a flash system similar to the MZ-S. In normal flash mode there are 2 quick flashed and in red eye reduction there are three. Has Pentax been able to get a flash sensor inside something this small? Bill