----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Franklin" Subject: Re: Pentax AF-540 FGZ Parts list
> Charles Robinson wrote: > >> ist-DS >> >> Just for kicks, I should see how the Sigma (with the Omnibounce) >> handles exposures with my "loaner" ist-DL. Just out of scientific >> curiousity. > > I don't remember having any problems like /that/. I don't use an > Omnibounce but I have a cheap knockoff of one of its competitors. It's > basically a pyramidal snoot/diffuser that goes over the head like the > Omnibounce, but is much larger than the Omnibounce. > >> With the DS, the Sigma, and the Omnibounce it would almost always >> overexpose by about 1.5-2 stops. And the "trick" for getting it to >> expose properly was to slide out the wide-angle diffuser before >> putting the Omnibounce on. Then it was nearly always spot-on. Weird. > > Very strange. > > Have you gotten the firmware updates for your flash? It took less than > two weeks from the time I sent it in to it showing up unannounced on my > doorstep one afternoon. > I found that the istD and K10 suffer flash exposure problems at any ISO other than 400, and they are dead on the money at that ISO. I don't know if this is relevent or not. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
