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felix68 · 01-20-2009, 03:14 PM

Matt,

Thanks for putting together this great reference. One note that you may want to make is to add that the 540 does synch with the camera body in "A" mode. If the camera is in P or Tv mode, you just set the apeture that you want on the flash and the camera syncs to that value. You have a comment that the Metz 58 reads the apeture from the camera but I thought the 540 was going to be completely manual.
I considered the Metz becuase of this synch function in "A" mode but didn't want to pay that much. I was very suprised when I got the 540 and found that there is communication between the body and flash, just the flash controlling the body.

01-20-2009, 03:14 PM	#16
felix68 Pentaxian Location: San Jose, CA Gallery Photos: 0 Posts: 269	Note On The 540 Matt, Thanks for putting together this great reference. One note that you may want to make is to add that the 540 does synch with the camera body in "A" mode. If the camera is in P or Tv mode, you just set the apeture that you want on the flash and the camera syncs to that value. You have a comment that the Metz 58 reads the apeture from the camera but I thought the 540 was going to be completely manual. I considered the Metz becuase of this synch function in "A" mode but didn't want to pay that much. I was very suprised when I got the 540 and found that there is communication between the body and flash, just the flash controlling the body.