Manual flashgun recommendation

For fans of Strobist, and for those who don't get on with P-TTL, here is a suggestion.

Strobist recommends Nikon SB-28 guns, and their predecessors, because they are powerful, have full manual control, and can be triggered by PC cord.

Well, Pentax has something similar, and nowadays it can be had pretty cheaply on Ebay because they are not P-TTL compatible. And because they were used by 67 and 645 owners who are ditching their kit.

The AF-500FTZ is powerful, has full manual control, and can be remotely triggered either by (expensive) cable, or by a built-in slave sensor.

I obtained one from Fleabay a couple of months ago, and a second one arrived this morning. Now that I am catered for, I am happy to pass on the recommendation.

G

Awwwww.... don't go and get me reading Strobist again (I'm getting no work done )

EDIT: Did you know that temporarily putting an AF360/AF540 on a film body (like MZ10 etc) will switch the mode of the flash and allow access to the other modes? (That's how I could get the *ist-D and *ist-Ds to do plain TTL using a 4P sync cord )
Matt