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Comment by Anvh posted on PING - Admin: embedding images from Pbase in threads at 08/01/2010 - 14:39
Sli/crossfire is not advisable, it can run great but for the same money you can get a single card with the same performance.
What chipset do you have on your motherboard, what money are you prepare to give out and what OS do you run?
Also how many monitors do you want to use, ATI support 6 now
Comment by Anvh posted on What graphics card? at 08/01/2010 - 14:16
Fist the cactus didn't sync good for the first 100 shots for some mysterious reason, flash fired of the photo or if I had shutterspeed longer then 1/10 no all is fine and can get 1/180.
Only the shop has giving me the wrong stand and swivel-head for the flash mount.
Comment by Anvh posted on First play off camera flashguns - what am I doing wrong? at 08/01/2010 - 14:04
I have used a Sunpak flash on my K20 with a trigger voltage of 300volts without any problems, don't believe much of what you read on this subject a lot of it is just scare mongering,
The Pentax dealer here in Australia tells me anything under 300volts is fine, and I guess I have proven that.
I wish pentax would define what they find save for voltage trigger, I've no idea if there is something in the manual about it.
Comment by Anvh posted on Flash compatibility with K-x ???? at 07/01/2010 - 11:07
Yeah the K10D isn't so bad, certainly not if you reduce the size of the photo to this, I normally never shoot over ISO400 thought, only when really needed.
I'm very glad I had the DA*50-135, it was good enough for this, although 70-200 might have been better. The DA*60-250 would be less at night because of the f/4 but during the day that would be a great lens.
Comment by Anvh posted on Auto race at night at 07/01/2010 - 11:03
So with the older flashes you need to use Auto or Manual mode of the flash.
What mode you use on the camera is up to you.
X mode simply set the shutter to 1/180 to insure good synchronization.
You can also use M mode on the camera that gives you a bit more freedom.
I don't know if you can use other modes on your camera... but don't think so.
Comment by Anvh posted on Vivitar 550FD on the K7 at 07/01/2010 - 10:57
here it is link
btw this software only works for FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, so if you've a MAC for example you need another program.
No experience on this side either.
Comment by Anvh posted on finding deleated pictures on your HDD at 06/01/2010 - 22:42
Nothing special.
Konrads say that Steve must buy one for him so that Steve can play at his place with it.
I wrote that I wanted to say his Dutch is very bad but that I just see it's South-Africans.
Comment by Anvh posted on FA 31mm F1.8 at 06/01/2010 - 22:05
Just came across this link
Sunpak GX17 = 288V so that's a big no
Miranda 500-CD = not on the list but there is a 630 CD and that's 8.14-8.30V, if they are the same series then it looks safe for pentax, don't take my word for it though.
I've heard of one trick and that's the place your finger on the contacts, if it hurts then it's no good for your camera.
Although it might be true I wouldn't trust it.
Comment by Anvh posted on Flash compatibility with K-x ???? at 06/01/2010 - 21:57
I never had the privilege to play with one, but they are very good the FA limiteds.
btw there is no limited edition, it's just limited, meaning there production rate is low because of the high build quality, not that there are 10,000 or so made.
Comment by Anvh posted on FA 31mm F1.8 at 06/01/2010 - 21:50


Why are some PBase images OK here, and some others not?
They can both be at fault but how do you explain that the forum does work perfectly with other sites?
Since it's only PBase it's more logical to assume that fault is with them.