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jessops 360 afd flash
hi thanks everybody for the advice ,still couldent get it to work so took it back to jessops today they faired no better ,the zoom on the flash even started chattering so i got my money back, thought it was a bargain at £49-99 just goes to show. once again thanks everone edwood Your experien...
Posted by Mannesty on 14/06/2008 - 15:51
jessops 360 afd flash
Hi Gang, I've just bought one of these flashguns as a back-up.....and I've been testing it out with my K10D....and it works fine for me?? I have been told that sometimes, the contact pins dont touch the hotplate pins on the camera,.....so if anyone is still having problems with it...see if pus...
Posted by Duncan knifton on 19/06/2008 - 01:13
jessops 360 afd flash
I've just bought one of these flashguns as a back-up.....and I've been testing it out with my K10D....and it works fine for me?? And is it definitely P-TTL?
Posted by ChrisA on 19/06/2008 - 08:06
jessops 360 afd flash
I've just bought one of these flashguns as a back-up.....and I've been testing it out with my K10D....and it works fine for me?? And is it definitely P-TTL? It seems to be........I did the trick of looking through the view finder and take a pic....and ya can see a flash in the view finder before the...
Posted by Duncan knifton on 19/06/2008 - 09:55
Extra Battery Power
Not full power I presume, as it was on auto in a normally lit room. On 1/16 power (tip I got from a press photographer for fill in flash) would still run 8-9 shots quite easily on continuous @ 3fps. By the sounds of it then, I made a good choice going for the Metz over the Pentax 540? Possibl...
Posted by Unlocker on 14/06/2008 - 09:03
pop-up flash diffuser
Thanks for responses. George, the manual flash option does seem like a good budget one if I can find one off ebay in the UK, 3 weeks until the wedding, should manage it. Can you advise or is there a thread on operating a manual flash like this with the K10D, what parts have to be done manually, ...
Posted by George Lazarette on 16/06/2008 - 08:11
Please Help with Metz 48 AF-1 anybody ???
...especially where it's infuriatingly sluggish response is concerned. I'm not sure you've explained yourself properly here... do you mean that you have problems focussing in very dark conditions when using the pop-up? When focussing is eliminated, the pop-up flash is as responsive as any other fla...
Posted by MattMatic on 23/06/2008 - 05:51
Please Help with Metz 48 AF-1 anybody ???
If I've understood things correctly, the primary purpose of wireless flash operation is to be able to trigger external flashguns that are mounted somewhere off-camera. Your understanding here is perfectly correct. But . . . This is in order to avoid the harsh & unflattering lighting that usu...
Posted by Mannesty on 23/06/2008 - 14:41
Please Help with Metz 48 AF-1 anybody ???
Hi hefty1 I've long understood the basic principles behind the anti red eye function and the inevitable delays that occur as the system starts to function, but I was slightly taken aback when you said: Personally I never use them as (as you've noticed) they slow down the picture taking process...
Posted by Helterskelter on 24/06/2008 - 01:32
Please Help with Metz 48 AF-1 anybody ???
I thought I'd read that when using the 'bounce' technique, the pull-out wide angle diffuser throws out/deflects a slight amount of light in the forward direction, which also serves to highlight people's eyes ? It probably does, but your flash also has a pull-out catchlight panel, which is more effi...
Posted by Mannesty on 24/06/2008 - 06:43
Safe use of older flash guns
DO NOT open up the flash, it will hurt :shock: Leave the flash off the camera and switched off, set the multi-meter to measure VDC. Put the leads for your meter onto the central contact on the flash (+ve lead) and the "earth" contact on the side of the hotshoe mounting on the flash (...
Posted by Father Ted on 08/07/2008 - 20:29
Help! Difficulty with my k100d and af360fgz flash
Also, when i set the flash to manual and attempt to use a rear-curtain sync , the flash seems to revert right back to P-TTL mode.
Posted by habitatmatt on 24/07/2008 - 21:17
The F/ stops at night in Pentax K20D
Well - If you shoot night scenes with 1/250 I would recon the shot to be all black. What you need to do is use Av (Aperture mode) and set the camera to f4-f11 depending on you DOF (how much of the frame do you want in focus?). After that - the camera will decide the shutterspeed. Use a low ...
Posted by Nimitz on 01/08/2008 - 07:06
The F/ stops at night in Pentax K20D
Well - If you shoot night scenes with 1/250 I would recon the shot to be all black. What you need to do is use Av (Aperture mode) and set the camera to f4-f11 depending on you DOF (how much of the frame do you want in focus?). After that - the camera will decide the shutterspeed. Use a low ...
Posted by rodneyy on 04/08/2008 - 00:15
The F/ stops at night in Pentax K20D
Try this; Set your camera to manual. Set your shutter speed to 1/180 seconds (the fastest synch speed available with the K20D). Set your aperture to around f8-f11 to ensure you have a good amount of the scene in focus. Set your ISO to around 400-800 (fairly fast but not too noisy). Ma...
Posted by hefty1 on 12/08/2008 - 18:50
Portraits what to use
I did some corporate pictures recently, and I used backgrounds that had the company logo. The logo was slightly out of focus, drawing attention to the employee, but customers / potential customers were still aware of the company 'presence'. So your flash / umbrella set up, with a company 'presence'...
Posted by Galoot on 09/08/2008 - 22:03
Portraits what to use
I did some corporate pictures recently, and I used backgrounds that had the company logo. The logo was slightly out of focus, drawing attention to the employee, but customers / potential customers were still aware of the company 'presence'. So your flash / umbrella set up, with a company 'presence'...
Posted by Nimitz on 09/08/2008 - 22:06
1st DL and COBRA 700AF FLASH
Having recently acquired a Pentax 1st DL Digital SLR, I would like to know if it is at all possible to combine my COBRA 700AF Dedicated Autofocus flash unit with this camera. The hot shoe buttons appear to be the same configuration, although when I fit the flash to the camera, the red autofocus ligh...
Posted by Langtoun Wullie on 17/08/2008 - 12:19
which flash gun to choose?
My most used flashgun is the one with the best manual control - the AF-500FTZ. But for parties, the AF-360FGZ comes into its own. Grab a second-hand one, and never look back. G
Posted by George Lazarette on 03/09/2008 - 11:03
Shooting water splash with K10D and...?
As Chris mentioned, water drops are "frozen" because the flash is so much faster than the action and much faster than a shutter (up to 1/20,000s IIRC). Best bet: 1) Set the camera to manual focus, manual exposure on a tripod 2) Set to something like f/8, 1/125s (aperture is the important one) ...
Posted by MattMatic on 09/09/2008 - 12:14
