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Michael, maybe a was a little bit short in my answer when the thread was started - sorry.
What I meant is the camera's capability of automatically reducing the flashlight's part of the total exposure in a daylight situation (the so-called "fill-in ratio"), where you would not want too much flashlight to destroy the natural ambience. Usually if you don't want a full power flash, but maybe a -1 EV just to light up the shadows, you would achieve this manually by setting the appropriate flash exposure compensation. If you leave it all to the camera using the P-Mode without any further manipulation, you would simply get a plain TTL-metered correct flash exposure. At least, that's true with the older Contaxes.
It should however be different with all the newer Contax-cameras that have the 5-pin hotshoe. They are able to power down the flash in bright daylight situations (as long as it's also got the 5 pins).
I've been asking myself for quite a long time what these 5 pins are doing really and found the answer in the FAQ-section regarding the RX on contaxcameras.com.
What I meant is the camera's capability of automatically reducing the flashlight's part of the total exposure in a daylight situation (the so-called "fill-in ratio"), where you would not want too much flashlight to destroy the natural ambience. Usually if you don't want a full power flash, but maybe a -1 EV just to light up the shadows, you would achieve this manually by setting the appropriate flash exposure compensation. If you leave it all to the camera using the P-Mode without any further manipulation, you would simply get a plain TTL-metered correct flash exposure. At least, that's true with the older Contaxes.
It should however be different with all the newer Contax-cameras that have the 5-pin hotshoe. They are able to power down the flash in bright daylight situations (as long as it's also got the 5 pins).
I've been asking myself for quite a long time what these 5 pins are doing really and found the answer in the FAQ-section regarding the RX on contaxcameras.com.