*istDS and flash

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

You're not going to like what I have to say, but the best thing would  
be to either get a new dedicated AF540FGZ that is fully compatible  
with the DS body, or go for a non-dedicated, external autoflash from  
Sunpak, Vivitar, Promaster or Metz.

You don't need TTL ... what you need is reliable flash exposure.  
However it comes to happen.

Godfrey


On Aug 1, 2007, at 5:41 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:

>
> Hello everybody!
>
> Several time recently I've encountered problems of using
> my TTL flash (AF FTZ 500) with a DS camera.
> I am used to the way the flash was working with ZX5n
> (and have been happy with it), but having some problems with the DS.
>
> I would like to use the flash in a TTL mode, so that I don't have
> to adjust anything for the flash - this is important for dynamic
> situations, such as photographing dances (especially dance  
> competitions)
> on a poorly lit dance floor.
>
> How do you force the external (FTZ 500) flash to fire every time and
> have it in a TTL mode?
> AFAIK, P mode does not allow you to use a TTL flash.
> The fully automated modes ("universal" or "sports") - do allow that.
> However, you cannot force to the flash in automatic mode to fire
> everytime (if the camera thinks there is enough light it may not
> fire the flash).
>
> Some aspects of using a flash with Pentax DSLRs have been discussed
> earlier on this list. So, my appologies if I missed some postings
> that had addressed my question.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Igor
>
>
>
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