Jessops 360AFD?
Posted 04/01/2009 - 18:34
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It's still 98 quid on their website, all but a few pence
Posted 04/01/2009 - 18:38
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Edited to say "oops!" I was looking at a Canon version
Posted 04/01/2009 - 19:42
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i have jessops 300afd, its better than the built in flash but only i paid 15 for it, i would buy the Pentax AF200FG Flashgun for a little bit mofe its full p-ttl not just ttl.
just keep snapping,
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CAMERAS = k200d + battery grip.
nikon d300 + battery grip.
LENSES = tamron aspherical DII 18-200mm f3.5/6.3,
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FLASH = samsung sef36pzf flash + more.
https://pentaxphotogallery.com/scottbenson
http://s727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/scottthehat/
CAMERAS = k200d + battery grip.
nikon d300 + battery grip.
LENSES = tamron aspherical DII 18-200mm f3.5/6.3,
nikon 18-200mm afs vr f3.5/5.6 g dx
sigma 150-500mm apo dg hsm os
sigma 170-500mm apo dg
FLASH = samsung sef36pzf flash + more.
Posted 15/01/2009 - 20:20
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Scanning at £68.99 in-store today.
Posted 17/01/2009 - 10:05
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I have the Jessops 360AFD, I have been convinced that is it full p-ttl, if you put the camera on a 2 second delay it flashes at the start and also with the shutter.
It generally works well for giving a bit of extra light indoors, I usually bounce it off a wall or ceiling and it works well for that. I would say it feels quite cheaply made but what do you expect for someting about half the price of alternatives. Best thing to do is get to Jessops and ask to try it out, they were quite happy to do this for me. I paid a bit less for it, £37 I think, so if you're patient they may put them on offer again sometime.
It generally works well for giving a bit of extra light indoors, I usually bounce it off a wall or ceiling and it works well for that. I would say it feels quite cheaply made but what do you expect for someting about half the price of alternatives. Best thing to do is get to Jessops and ask to try it out, they were quite happy to do this for me. I paid a bit less for it, £37 I think, so if you're patient they may put them on offer again sometime.
Posted 20/01/2009 - 10:19
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I was thinking exactly the same thoughts re: Flash over the weekend. Pentax stuff on my budget - sub £100 is hard to come by.
Saw the Jessops one at £68.48 online today (20/01) link
Alternatively, SRS have a Metz Mecablitz 36 for £79 - no autozoom, but how useful is that? link
I'm really looking for something to help with 'bounce' for portrait work (RingFlash is on the wishlist!!), but the budget really is stuck at as-sub-ton as i can go unfortunately.
I guess i don't need anything overly sophisticated, but don't really know how useful Auto-Zoom is over manual, given that the Metz offers 1st & 2nd curtain that the Jessops one doesn't mention?
Any advice gratefully received.
Nowt on fleabay apart from some very dodgy 'universal' stuff from china.
Cheers
Lee
Saw the Jessops one at £68.48 online today (20/01) link
Alternatively, SRS have a Metz Mecablitz 36 for £79 - no autozoom, but how useful is that? link
I'm really looking for something to help with 'bounce' for portrait work (RingFlash is on the wishlist!!), but the budget really is stuck at as-sub-ton as i can go unfortunately.
I guess i don't need anything overly sophisticated, but don't really know how useful Auto-Zoom is over manual, given that the Metz offers 1st & 2nd curtain that the Jessops one doesn't mention?
Any advice gratefully received.
Nowt on fleabay apart from some very dodgy 'universal' stuff from china.
Cheers
Lee
Fortune favours the brave.
Posted 20/01/2009 - 13:44
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The jessops one has had some poor reviews about light quality, something that is amazingly often overlooked
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 20/01/2009 - 14:13
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Which reviews are they?
Posted 20/01/2009 - 15:44
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I had the 360AFD with my K10d/K20d, and only changed it to get the wireless capability.
For £68, I think they are great, and mine never missed a beat.
TTL, reasonably powerful, tilt and swivel, adjustable power, built in flash panel. What more do you need?
Get a Sto-Fen diffuser, and away you go!
For £68, I think they are great, and mine never missed a beat.
TTL, reasonably powerful, tilt and swivel, adjustable power, built in flash panel. What more do you need?
Get a Sto-Fen diffuser, and away you go!
Posted 27/01/2009 - 21:11
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Well, ive bitten the bullet & ordered the Jessops one today. Quite a bit of looking into & just figure that for what i want to do with it? - it seems to offer the bulk of my needs to match my wallet. £68.48. In store collection.
Fortune favours the brave.
Posted 04/02/2009 - 06:07
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See my Thread re Jessops 360AFD!
Anyone here used one with a K10D? Is it really no good to me?
Cheers
Nick
Anyone here used one with a K10D? Is it really no good to me?
Cheers
Nick
Posted 14/10/2009 - 14:17
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cardiff_gareth wrote:
its good for me as I have a *istD that supports ttl. The guy in jessops was saying that it was fully comparable with the newer pentax dslr's as it was a digital flashgun. If I were you I'd pop along to a jessops store and take your camera with you so you could try it. That way you'll get a definant answer if it'll work or not. It controls the exposure on my camera even telling me on the flash lcd panel what aperture its using.
BUT did it work on your GX10 ??? (p-ttl that is )its good for me as I have a *istD that supports ttl. The guy in jessops was saying that it was fully comparable with the newer pentax dslr's as it was a digital flashgun. If I were you I'd pop along to a jessops store and take your camera with you so you could try it. That way you'll get a definant answer if it'll work or not. It controls the exposure on my camera even telling me on the flash lcd panel what aperture its using.
As thinking of buying one !
Stu - K10D | DFA 100/2.8 Macro | DA 55-300 | AF-360FGZ |
So much to learn... So little time !
Posted 14/10/2009 - 14:48
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but they are all P-TTL so the GX10 won't like it
now I'm confused ! I thought the GX10 was p-ttl !?
but they are all P-TTL so the GX10 won't like it
Stu - K10D | DFA 100/2.8 Macro | DA 55-300 | AF-360FGZ |
So much to learn... So little time !
Posted 14/10/2009 - 15:12
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He means the other guns are P-TTL. The GX-10 won't like the Jessops.
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