Originally posted by TroutHunterJohn I have the same camera and ring flash and get lots of great exposures. I use aperature priority, iso 200, f8 or so and set the flash to auto.
Works great for me...
Same here. Although reading other's experiences with the flash is a worry, it's been plain sailing for me.
I'm not an experienced macro shooter, but K-5 and K-3, both work fine, with basically all 'Auto' settings. I have the flash on the K-5 normally with a Sigma 105 Macro set on A - camera set to manual focus, matrix metering, AV mode, ISO 100, f8-f16 (or whatever aperture I want), flash set 'on' in camera (no flash compensation) - flash switch set to 'Auto -0.5' on the rotary flash dial on the AF-160FC, both flash panels enabled.
I normally follow this 'start-up' sequence for the flash: (1) mount flash (2) turn on flash (3) turn on camera (4) do a half-shutter press even if I am using manual focus to help ensure flash and body start talking, then (5) focus and shoot. I usually start off using the modelling light, but not always.
The only problem I have had is that sometimes the camera does not recognise that the flash is there if I don't mount the flash carefully on the shoe, but that can happen with any flash.