Radio Triggered Flash

Frogherder · 2011-01-03T17:57:33+0000

Hi guys, 1st an apology that this topic is similar to others in this forum, but the others don't seem to answer my query. I have a K10D and wanted to take 'portrate' pictures of my 18m grand daughter without blinding her with the flash. I bought a PT-04 series radio trigger from Highland via Amazon (PT-04 into Google will provide any missing info) and a white brolly with stand and mounted my old Jessops 220ABZ flashgun on the receiver. These worked beautifully ---- for a while---- now they don't - zilch. If I press the test button on the transmitter it fires the flashgun If I mount the transmitter on my old clockwork film camera it fires the flasgun The K10D will fire it's pop up flash The easy answer is I've broken my K10D and I shouldn't have mounted non Pentax kit on it ie it serves me right etc etc. However the IShoot blurb says its good for Nikkon, Cannon and Pentax. I checked the voltage on the transmitter's hotshoe pin and found it was only +4.85V relative to the side contacts. Has anyone any ideas/assistance/advise that will clarify my problem. Incidentally a friend of mine fires a huge old 'press' flashgun which requires 2x 12v sealed lead acid batteries directly from his Fuji digital and can light up a barn with it so I would be rather disapointed to find that my Pentax has been damaged by less than 5V regards Bernard

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Posted 07/01/2011 - 18:59 Link

cardiff_gareth wrote:
The gods country location is a bit of an old joke with me and Andrew on here

Did I start it or you, Gareth? Whatever, whoever, we both know it to be true...

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Posted 07/01/2011 - 22:34 Link

cardiff_gareth wrote:

bwlchmawr wrote:

cardiff_gareth wrote:
The gods country location is a bit of an old joke with me and Andrew on here

Did I start it or you, Gareth? Whatever, whoever, we both know it to be true...

I think you started it and I followed suit

I can't hazard a guess as to who started it, or if in fact Either or both of you are in God's country, but I am reasonably certian this barren, desolate frozen wasteland we call Manitoba, is Satan's vacation spot, if not Hell.

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