Jens Bladt wrote:
Dave, I just made a similar test to yours - with the *ist D, though.
I get correctly exposed "frames" - even at 1/60 F. 2.8, useing "P" setting at 200 ISO at 3-5 feet distance. I also just tried 800 ISO and 3200 ISO. I still get correctly exposed "frames" all the time!
Thanks for checking with your ist-D.
I have even tried likning/not linking AE to the AF-point. This resulted in very small differences, due to the foreground/background issue. A foucus point close to the camera (shorter focus distance) did result in less flash output, when AE/AF point was linked - which naturaly is quite understandable. In both cases (linked or unlinked) my exposures came out just fine.
I'm set for the default, unlinked.
Did you turn off "Sensitivity Correction", which might be a possible source of the problem.
I haven't been using sensitivity correction at all, so it's turned off.
Your RTF-flash may not work correctly (TTL-mode) I guess. The RTF-flash uses TTL all the time, I guess.
Not sure what RTF means, is that the built-in flash?
I could understand there being some issues if I were using older Pentax lenses, but I've confirmed the same issue with each of the following lenses:
SMC Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 SMC Pentax FA 28-105mm f/3.2-4.5 AL (IF) SMC Pentax DA 18-55m f/3.5-5.6 AL SMC Pentax FA 20-35mm f/4 AL
Again, the built-in flash burns out any picture taken closer than about 5 feet, and the camera's metering keeps the aperture somewhere in its most wide-open range, eg the 50mm will be set to f/2.8 at 5', and doesn't seem to change based on focusing distance at all. But when I turn on the AF330FTZ, the metering jumps up to f/8, and changes relative to focus distance as it should. This is in smart-pic mode. I'm beginning to wonder if I got a bad unit or something, because over the years I've never seen a fully-auto mode camera so badly blow out its flash pictures. I hate to take a 1 week old camera in for service...
Dave
