This makes a lot of sence, Bruce. Thansk for sharing. I may consider getting a P-TTL flash for daytime falsh photography - that is for portraits, when the sun is bright.
(I already own about 10 flash units, some of which I use as a portable stobe outfit (several hammerhead Metz flashes + two OSRAM 340 flashes for background lighting). I normlly use a Metz 60, a AF280T, or one of two Metz 32's or a AF500FTZ (the latter is technically owned by my employer) for on camera flashes. I actually never liked using flashes. It's quite ironic, that I happen to own this many anyway :-) Shooting in studio conditions is a different matter - I love it. Regards Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 14. september 2005 00:01 Til: Jens Bladt Emne: Re: *ist D or DS & AF500FTZ for Weddings? Hello Jens, I can understand what you are wanting here. For DSLR's everyone has gone to a pre-flash technique for their TTL metering. I prefer regular TTL. When the ambient light is high and the flash is just a fill, the pre-flash doesn't seem to cause too many problems. When the light is lower and the flash becomes more of a main light, I switch to an old analog Pentax TTL flash (AF400T, AF280T) and shoot TTL. I usually have to set the body compensation to about -2 when I do this. I am always shooting manual mode at that point so the compensation only affects the flash output. I guess what I am saying is that to use any later body than the PZ-1p, like the *istD, DS, I use two different flash systems. In both cases I usually shoot manual mode. HTH, Bruce Tuesday, September 13, 2005, 2:36:45 PM, you wrote: JB> I'm quite sure the D does not have a seperatly adjustable flash JB> compensation. Unfortunately. JB> To be able to use a flash as a fill flash and still use AE (sensor in camera JB> or in flash unit) it's necassary to use a flash that will allow this. JB> Perhaps the AF360FGZ can cheat the flash sensor in the camera body???? JB> What I really want, is a "TTL-Flash - 0.3" or or "TTL-Flash -0.7" setting. JB> I just want to reduce the flash output by a certain percentage, then leave JB> everything else as if there were no flash at all. In other words, I want an JB> adjsutable "built-in flash meter/flash controller". JB> I normally shoot flash pics in Manual Mode, to ensure a sufficient shutter JB> speed to freeze movement. So I have to be able to use different apertures. JB> That's why I don't really want to use the "cheat the flash technique", which JB> forces me to stay the same aperture setting all the time. JB> Is there any way I can do that with the "D"? I don't shoot weeddings - but JB> if I did - I'd certainly need a flash compensation, similar to that of the JB> PZ-1p, to avoid a Flash Look and burned out high lights. JB> Jens Bladt JB> Arkitekt MAA JB> http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
