Pentax 500FTZ Operation Manual - Page 12

DEDICATED

FUNCTIONS

WITH

THE

PENTAX

CAMERAS

With

the

AF500FTZ

mounted

on

a

Pentax

camera,

the

"dedicated"

functions

work

as

shown

in

the

table

below.

When

mounted

on

non-KAF

2

-

or

KAF-mount

cameras,

the

AF500FTZ

works

only

in

the

manual

mode,

and

dedicated/TTL

operation

is

not

possible.

CAUTION

Do

not

mount

the

AF500FTZ

onto

cameras

made

by

other

manufacturers.

It

may

cause

damage

in

the

circuitry

of

the

camera

or

cause

the

camera

and

flash

unit

to

malfunction

because

of

incom-

patible

flash

contacts.

Table

of

the

Dedicated

Functions

-

rEg‘

Lttat,

Manual-

•-:-.

Programmed

TTL

Flash*

O

X

Trailing

-Curtain

-Sync

Flash

O

X

Slow

-Speed

-Sync

Flash

O

O

Auto

Switch

to

X

shutter

Speed

O

O

Flash

Confirmation

Signal

through

the

Viewfinder

O

O

Auto

Check

Confirmation

Signal

in

the

Viewfinder

O

X

Multiple

Burst

X

O

Slave

Flash

Discharge

X

O

AF

Spotbeam

O

O

TTL

Auto

Flash

System

The

TTL

Auto

Flash

system

measures

existing

light

entering

the

lens

and

falling

onto

the

film

plane

right

up

to

the

instant

of

exposure,

and

automatically

controls

the

light

output

of

the

flash

unit.

Since

it

measures

only

the

light

reflected

from

the

subject,

correct

flash

exposure

is

always

ensured.

,

. .

•

The

aperture

and

shutter

speed

vary

automatically

according

to

the

subject

brightness.

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