Re: Built-in flash in P&S digital and DSLR cameras

franklin-d-worth <fdwo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> Let's weigh the identical flash-reach options, shall we?

Let's weigh the poster's headers first...

Gosh, its that lame anonymous cowardly sockpuppet...again!


> dSLR + built-in high-power flash  = ...
> internal dedicated flash failure = whole camera goes in for repair

The claim of "whole camera goes in for repair" also applies exactly
the same for all of the internals on P&S's too.  As such, this is an
utterly meaningless statement because it does not differentiate the
products.


> P&S + accessory flash = ...
> flash failure = use a different or new flash...

Since most P&S lack a hot shoe (including the Panasonic DMC-FZ18K),
just how is the accessory being triggered?

Yup, it is being slaved off the firing of the internal.

Which means that when said "flash failure" of the internal occurs, the
slave accessory flash can't be triggered, so these cameras are dead in
the water without any strobe capabilities whatsoever.


-hh