National PE 3057 & Wireless Triggers

Hi All

After the very helpful advice I was given on a previous thread I bought some cheap radio triggers from e-bay which work well for £14 incl postage!!

My only problem is that I have a National PE 3057 flashgun which has a single centre pin and has a good number of manual settings, plus it has a safe trigger voltage - it works fine on the camera but will not work with the triggers. This is a shame as its a lovely flashgun with some good features - I wonder if the wireless triggers dont have enough power to trigger this gun? My other flashgun is a Pentax AF260SA - this works 100% with the triggers but I have no instructions for it and it appears to have no manual settings.

Can anyone recommend a good pentax or other flashgun with some manual settings that i can "play with" off the camera with the wireless triggers - my main aim is to learn about the various effects of flash at differant angles, powers etc without spending a fourtune.

many thanks

will

The AF500FTZ , a very powerful and versatile flash can be had quite cheaply, and has variable output. A manual for your AF260SA can be found here.

The AF500FTZ is a TTL, auto, or manual flash but TTL is supported only on *istD and *istDS bodies. It's manual or auto only on later DSLR bodies.

Another AF500FTZ here.

Can I ask who you bought the triggers from please.

Mike

I bought the triggers from a uk seller on ebay i will try a find a link for you

ta for the tip on the 500ftz and the link to the manual i will look out for one