Monday, 10 August 2015

strobes - Does auto mode of flash metering have any advantage over TTL?


Does auto mode of flash metering have any advantage over TTL?


One advantage that I can think of is the absence of a pre-flash in the auto metering, which can make some people blink. (But I rarely use direct flash anyway, so a TTL pre-flash doesn't seem to make people blink if it's bounced. Alternatively, I can get a meter with a pre-flash, lock the flash value, and shoot without preflash.)


So is there any advantage of flash's auto mode at all over TTL, when the camera body is capable of TTL?




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