Hi Gareth,

I don't k now if this helps you or not, but I recently used a Nikon speedlight ( SB600 I think ) on my Pentax K1 hotshoe ( only cos I didn't own a flashgun ) for a badger shoot, I was shooting in manual and it worked perfectly.

Nicely shot on all 3, I'd certainly PS out those two cars on the left of the second image and might be tempted to do the same with the handrail on the third image.

This was shot yesterday under some trees, with sunlight coming in from over the left shoulder of the model, so used a Metz 64 AF1 on 1/2 power on a stand about 8ft away with the built in diffuser and zoomed to about 50mm. I then shot at about 90 deg to the light.

Shot at ISO 100, lens at F2.8 and a 150mm prime

If your balancing flash with daylight, set you max sync speed on the camera then set F8 on the camera and go for say 1/2 power on the flashgun, if over or under exposed to taste, either move the flash closer ( more exposure ) or further away ( less ) or dial in more power to suit or reduce the aperture ( F5.6 ) or increase it ( F11 )

Once you've got the setting correct, keep that distance and power and you'll get good balanced exposure all the time in similar conditions

No, I parked in the car park at the top of the lane as I was there from about 06:45 ( the gate was still shut at that time ) and walked up the lane and went left at the fork and found an already trampled hole in the bushes sized for 1

Chris

I to went up to the SVR to primarily shoot the Flying Scotsman and Tornado, although from a different viewpoint, I was the other side of the railway to The Safari Pk and could hear the lions roaring particularly first thing in the morning as the FS was going through

I was found a good position for 07:15 and the FS surprised me by coming up from Bewdley to Kiddi just after 07:30, it was good having her on her own

All with a K1 and a Sigma 70 - 200 F2.8 ISO varied to the light conditions from 1600 down to 200

It's probably higher than most cameras offered for sale presuming your not a pro, it also depends on how old the camera is and whether you take into consideration the shutter count in your asking prices when you do decide to sell.

Things like if you have the original box / packaging, accessories and the overall condition may negate the shutter count to some degree.

Try contacting SRS in Watford

Thanks for your comment's Maria / Bill and John

Thanks Gareth