AF-360 FGZ Alternative?

Ammonyte
Posted 11/03/2006 - 13:18 Link
On evilbay I came across this flash unit http://cgi.ebay.com/AF-Flash-for-Pentax-ist-ZX-PZ-ZX-SF-LX-MZ-645NII-67II_W0QQitemZ7596769981QQcategoryZ15221QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem made by Bower and claimed to be equivalent to the AF-360 FGZ. Does anybody have any experience of this, particularly with use on a *ist DS? It's cheapo price lead me to 2 conclusions - (a) if it doesn't do all that a 360 does, then I haven't lost much money (b) it is too cheap to be true, and I should save the money for a tru AF-360 FGZ!

Yours, confused :
Tim the Ammonyte
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niblue
Posted 11/03/2006 - 16:48 Link
I can't see anything there that says that it's P-TTL as it would need to be to be equivalent to the 360 (and to work properly on a DL).

For the DS where the flash doesn't need to be P-TTL then you might want to look for a AF400FTZ on Ebay as I've seen those for similar prices - that's an excellent flash and works very well on the DS.
Ammonyte
Posted 11/03/2006 - 17:37 Link
OK, I'll keep my money in my pocket for now! Even the official bower website doesn't mention the specs of that unit.
Tim the Ammonyte
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K10D & sundry toys
http://www.ammonyte.com/photos.html

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