Originally posted by aaacb On page 7 of the pdf, it says the super program does both TTL and P-TTL.
Nope. P-TTL debuted in 2001. That brochure dates to about 1983. The Super Program supports first generation (analog protocol) TTL. That is the TTL mentioned the brochure. Cameras designed for analog TTL have three contacts on the hot shoe face. Likewise, flash designed for those cameras have three pins on the foot and have the "T" designation after the number part of the name.
Originally posted by aaacb Again, in my experience it's been fine with the super program, af200 flash, and DA 40, but the little flash is underpowered for some situations with slower film.
See the note below how to test for TTL...
Originally posted by stevebrot This is easily tested by doing a test exposure with the flash on camera in other than M mode in a bright room or in daylight with the lens uncapped and again with the lens capped. The flash duration when capped should be visibly longer than when uncapped if any form of TTL or P-TTL is being used.
Put the flash in Auto mode and the camera in P, Tv, or Av (not B or X) ( per the Super Program manual) and try the above test. The AF200FG manual says it won't work. The translation of the last paragraph of page 11 of the manual is missing some punctuation and should read...
Quote: With SLR cameras (film cameras) other than Pentax digital SLR cameras, you can perform auto flash shooting if they support TTL Auto (However, the 645 medium format, cameras before SF-series, and of the early type TTL bodies will not support the TTL Auto.)
(Italicized words and bolding added for clarity. Ditto for struck-out words.)
Early type TTL is the first generation (analog protocol) Pentax TTL used by the LX, Super Program, and P-series 35mm film SLRs prior to the being replaced with digital protocol TTL (4-contacts on hot shoe face) on SF-series autofocus cameras in 1989. As far as I have been able to determine, the AF360FGZ and AF540FGZ are the only recent model Pentax flash that support analog TTL.
If one desires TTL on a Super Program, the best bets would the AF280T or AF200T* (pages 29,30 in the linked PDF), either of which is available for fairly reasonable money. I own the AF280T.
Steve
* very different from the AF200FG