I was about to say that this was the cheapest and most effective option!

But you beat me to it.

I point one of my AF500s at the ceiling, on 1/16 power. It always works, and the light it produces is a mere fraction of what is coming out of the Bowens.

G

Come, come, Peter.

Getting a manual and reading a manual are two very different things.

G

This would worry me more if I thought that all over the UK people were thinking:

"It's time I bought a proper camera, like Fred's."

"But where shall I go to get advice?"

"I know - I'll buy PC-Pro."

Meanwhile, computer buyers are thinking:

"It's time I upgraded the computer."

"But where shall I go to get advice?"

"I know - I'll buy Amateur Photographer."

Somehow, I don't see it.

G

I have to say that I haven't noticed Waitrose quality slipping. And as their prices...!!!!!!!!

G

I certainly wouldn't sell mine for £75.00. This is the best zoom of its era.

But you're right to desire it!

G

I do!

Thanks for the correction.

G

Zooms for convenience, primes for quality.

But there are only about half a dozen primes which are materially better than the best zooms.

Three original Ltds, any 50mm and the 55mm, the 100mm macro, and the two long D-FA lenses. That's actually eight (counting 50s as one lens).

G

You can't use TTL on the K-X, only P-TTL.

The P stands for Pain in the Proverbial.

The 500 is the most versatile of all flashguns made by Pentax, and although slightly less powerful than the current flagship, we are only talking about a 7% difference.

Unless you are using it in a very dynamic situation, where the ambient light level is both changing and bright, you will get more consistent results in manual mode on the 500 than with P-TTL on the 540.

There is none of the annoying double flash that you get with P-TTL. When you press the shutter, the flash fires instantly. And it has a built-in slave trigger, so you can use any other flash to trigger it if you decide to use it remotely - as you should if good results are your goal.

I have three, along with a 540, a 360, and all the other good flashes Pentax have produced in the past thirty years. The 500 is my favourite.

It's followed by the AF-400T, which comes out when I feel a need to impress somebody - one way or another. It's not called a hammerhead for nothing.

G

Women! They're so idle.

I suppose if starvation threatens you could always ask her to show you how to use a phone, but it's not really right that you should be doing her job.

G
With a hasty

Seriously, you may end up paying more than you want to, but you won't regret buying it.

There's something very comforting about knowing that you have the best. If you buy anything else (other than a 77 or 43) there will always be that little niggling thought at the back of your mind - "If I weren't such a cheapskate, I could have had a Limited."!

Sorry.

G