Originally posted by mikesbike The thread meaning I got was what the OP wants to see coming in future models, so naturally this invites others to express what they want to see coming. As to pure TTL flash, many have thought it better overall than P-TTL flash. Here I have thought right along, if one installs a vintage TTL flash in the hot shoe of a current Pentax camera, you still will get TTL flash.
No that is not the case any more. It was with the *istD series cameras, but starting with the Kseries DSLRs only P-TTL was available.
The *istD actually has the most complete flash functionality of any DSLR in the pentax line up.
With an AF540 FGZ it could automatically select the most capable flash mode depending on the lens. A series and later would be P-TTL non A lenses would be TTL
With the AF500FTZ FTZ it would automatically shoot TTL regardless of lens attached
It could even use the internal flash as a flash master in high speed sync, a feature discarded soon after as well.
It truely defined what a flagship should be, the maximum possible compatibility with legacy equipment as part of a real system
Is it unreasonable to ask only for what we used to have???