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K110D and Three Older Pentax Flashes
How do we "Pay Already?" LOL! Not yet. Let me explain: It's going to take some serious time to finish the whole book. By the time the words are done, there'll be enough information to benefit the majority. At that time I'll set up a PayPal payment mechanism to buy the PDF e-book. Anyone who buys the...
Posted by ChrisA on 26/09/2008 - 14:08
K110D and Three Older Pentax Flashes
Thanks for the info, Matt. In your opinion, is the P-TTL better than the TTL used in the first Pentax DSLRs? BTW, I'll be interested when your book is ready. I'm trying to decide whether to buy a P-TTL flash for my K10D or just soldier on with the TTL flashes I have, used on auto. Taking the...
Posted by George in Georgia USA on 26/09/2008 - 22:25
K110D and Three Older Pentax Flashes
I think only limited lens/camera/flash combos in the canon line work well together. you need a newwer EOS body and EX flash, COMBINED with newer lenses to get it all to work. The main reason I dislike canon, is the way the company comes out with a new feature every few years, then they try to for...
Posted by Don on 27/09/2008 - 07:33
K110D and Three Older Pentax Flashes
The original Pentax AF body, the ME-F, is the only body from that era with the little green diamond for focus confirmation. So it's very useable with later lenses. I believe the 35-70 lens was quite good, and could be used in MF mode on MF bodies. But I'm not sure you would want to - it's heavy...
Posted by George Lazarette on 27/09/2008 - 10:58
Infrared Beam not Beaming
Recently picked up a new FA50 1.4, and, it being mi first fast glass, I was playing around in quite dark conditions... I thought I'd use the Focus Assist spot on the AF360 to speed Focus Lock up, but there was no red beamy thing to focus on in the SB setting. Thought maybe I'd mis-remembered some...
Posted by Classvino on 06/10/2008 - 21:40
Infrared Beam not Beaming
Is the K10d switched to AF-S for focus, rather than AF-C? If I remember correctly, the K10d and AF360FGZ (and other flashes I think) won't Focus Assist when focus is set to Continuous.
Posted by Tooks on 06/10/2008 - 22:16
Infrared Beam not Beaming
:D That would be great! Or, should I ever make it to Canada, I'll look you up and you can buy me one! I only knew that nugget from my own painful experience I'm afraid! I spent one long evening convinced I'd got a broken flash and/or camera, and after much fiddling I happened to move the switch t...
Posted by Tooks on 06/10/2008 - 23:52
Remote flash with K20D and Metz 58-AF1
Depending on how far away and how bright the ambient lighting is, that may be expected for the Pentax flashes as well. The statement "plays no part in illuminating the scene" isn't totally true. A final signal flash from the pop-up is still required to tell the remotes to fire their intended pow...
Posted by amoringello on 07/10/2008 - 19:50
Studio lighting kit
is it worth getting a brolly & flash light to add to the kit? "Add" as in using as an alternative, or in addition to the constant lights? The flash and brolly would make for nice photos on their own and in my opinion may be well worth it. But when added with continuous lights you may need to be c...
Posted by amoringello on 23/10/2008 - 13:09
How do I use a flash?
How to use the AF160: 1) Set camera to Av 2) Set camera to a _fixed_ ISO rating. Essential!! Don't have sensitivity correction or auto ISO enabled! 3) Set the AF160 to either Green or Red (little wheel on side) 4) Use the chart on the back of the AF160 to work out which aperture to use 5) Set t...
Posted by MattMatic on 11/11/2008 - 14:33
How do I use a flash?
AF160 arrived in post today, nice and cheap from Ebay. I can see it's not getting me much more than the pop-up but is an improvement. The guide on the back of the flash doesn't seem that helpful, found images quite dark until I adjusted the aperture, even with the iso set to 400. I reckon this will ...
Posted by bigcog on 13/11/2008 - 11:11
Pentax mini slave unit
Many thanks guys for your quick and friendly responses. I just hadn't thought about manual! Not so long back we always set flashguns/cameras to work manually. The joy of cameras like the K10D is that we can still go back to full manual control. It will be worth the experimenting just to get that...
Posted by Rataegeoff on 13/10/2008 - 21:55
flash accessories
Much more professional looking than my cornflake-packet-and-duct-tape flash accessories, but they do the same job in the end. The gels could be useful though; I've been using sweet wrappers up until now (tins of Quality Street are back in the shops!) but they don't really balance properly with artif...
Posted by hefty1 on 23/10/2008 - 23:37
flash accessories
Much more professional looking than my cornflake-packet-and-duct-tape flash accessories, but they do the same job in the end. The gels could be useful though; I've been using sweet wrappers up until now (tins of Quality Street are back in the shops!) but they don't really balance properly with artif...
Posted by gartmore on 24/10/2008 - 00:06
flash accessories
I'm used to funny cardboard contraptions:D. My first job was in a wedding studio, the guy was a brilliant wedding photographer, but the archetypal parsimonious Scot. He had won 'Kodak Bride of the Year and 'Ilford Photographer of the Year' several times and we were sponsored by Mamiya. Not one p...
Posted by gartmore on 24/10/2008 - 00:32
Flash which one.
I have both the AF540FGZ and Centon FG30D. The 540, i am still learning, and the 30D is useful as a second falsh (only cost me £30 a few years back) I do like the Pentax, but still need to work out how to use it. :-)
Posted by Offertonhatter on 09/11/2008 - 00:27
Studio flash dilemma
I have a set of gy180 I think they are the same as Kens, they do have variable output via a small twist knob on the back. These work fine and the output is quite accurate all tough not as accurate as dearer items(Bowen's/elinchrome). I wouldn't want to rely on mine though, they are OK, but the p...
Posted by peter.wood on 15/11/2008 - 12:54
Studio flash dilemma
I have a set of gy180 I think they are the same as Kens, they do have variable output via a small twist knob on the back. These work fine and the output is quite accurate all tough not as accurate as dearer items(Bowen's/elinchrome). I wouldn't want to rely on mine though, they are OK, but the p...
Posted by gartmore on 15/11/2008 - 13:06
Studio flash dilemma
True... if I only had to deal with my camera store, I probably would have thought little of the experience -- other than feeling the devices being of rather questionable quality. One of the Eleinchrom/Bogen reps was in the store when I took the lights back for repair. She expressed her irritat...
Posted by amoringello on 16/11/2008 - 13:43
Studio flash dilemma
True... if I only had to deal with my camera store, I probably would have thought little of the experience -- other than feeling the devices being of rather questionable quality. One of the Eleinchrom/Bogen reps was in the store when I took the lights back for repair. She expressed her irritat...
Posted by Critical-i on 16/11/2008 - 18:20
