Coolpix P7700 TTL in Manual Mode

Can anyone tell me if the P7700 supports TTL when in manual mode. I currently have a G12 and it does not support TTL in manual. I picked up the P7700 a year ago and currently considering it as a secondary camera. The TTL function would be a nice feature.

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We have a older Nikon 5900 in a IKELITE housing and ttl works ok on it in M. What housing are you using with the G12? Using the hot shoe to a sync cable? What strobe is being used?

I am using an Ikelite housing and two DS51's. There are many posts on the board that references the G12 and TTL. I have used the Canon hack on the G12 (CHDK) and have been successful with TTL and manual mode. The drawback to CHDK is that its a bit cumbersome to start and manipulate the menu while at depth.

You are correct to say that Nikon offers TTL in manual mode. I cannot vouch for compatibility with Ikelite TTL but I have used this combination with fiber optic syncing with the S&S YS-01 / YS-D1 and Inon S-2000 and TTL works. In fact, I find the TTL of the Nikon to be much more accurate than Canon and I was able to achieve very good results using this method.

Its quite nice to be able to manually controlling the image in full while having the strobe power fire just at the right level for getting the main object correctly exposed.

Note that using A or S mode you can also achieve similar results by using the flash exposure compensation on the camera or strobe and TTL.