I only have exposure problems when shooting in Av (yes, at times I use that with flash, worked flawlesly on K200D) or M and using the exposure compensation, I just found out that EC affects manual mode also, usually just set the needed aperture and shutterspeed needed for using flash. The EC stays in different modes, works differently in K200D's M-mode because it only has one e-dial and when changing aperture in M-mode you push EV-button and turn the dial.
If I need to compensate for different situations in Av, the +1EC I use for bright surrounding works also as +1FEC and leads to overexposure. The way I'm used to work with flash is FEC -1 (+- 0.5) and EC +1-1.5 (depending on the situation, this is an example for bright compensation), but with K-5 I need to use FEC -2 (+- 0.5) with the mentioned +1 EC. I'm not sure if I'm working by the book but that has given me the right exposures with K200D. I use different compensations depending on situation, but from that example you (all) get the point.
Still the problem I'm left with is the focal length reading from lens to flash in tilt/swivel, it doesn't matter in a situation that is static but when shooting in a party etc. I really don't have time to fiddle with the flash zoom for every shot, I expect it to move with the zoom as I take pictures and use different focal lengths. If I use say 20mm focal length and the flash is tilted 90deg it zooms to 105mm automatically and the light doesn't get to the edges of the frame.
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