Thanks for that feedback
Follow the link to my ePhotozine site and PBase site for larger views of most of those images...
...if your ad firm need any images, let me know
Matt

Hi
Just looked it up on Stofen's site: http://www.stofen.com/

Pentax AF540-FGZ:
Omni-Bounce OM-MZ40

Which, happily is listed in Warehouse Express at £15.95

Hope that helps
Matt

Bluewhistle,
It's worth emailing Stofen directly
I did this before they had produced the AF360 Omnibounce. They got on with the job of making one, emailed me when they'd finished it, and I bought it directly.
Maybe they're working on it already...

Personally, I find that flipping out the catchlight panel (but pushing back the diffuser), with the flash pointing directly up gives very nice results - especially for very close work.

Matt

Welcome to the forum

If you mean that you have an M42 bellows... I think you may come unstuck a little unless you get hold of an M42 lens to go with it.

The K-mount is wider than M42, so you can't get an adapter that allows a K-mount lens to fit into an M42 body (or bellows).

You have two choices:
1. Get a K-mount adapter (I suggest getting an original Pentax. SRS Microsystems have them I think. Be aware there are some dodgy K-to-M42 adapters floating on ebay). Also get an M42 lens - something like the Pentax Super Takumar 50mm f/1.4 (or f/1.7) is pretty easy to come by.

2, Sell the bellows and get a K-mount bellows instead.

(I'm sure there are others here who actually have bellows that can explain a little more...)
I hope that makes sense and agrees with what you actually have!!
Matt

The only thing they seem to have added is SDM lens support.

Other than that it's the same beast. Same sensor ("upping the pixel count" isn't as easy as it sounds!!).

Interesting about the new flash - they still have plain old TTL mode included

Matt

Not so. The battery charger uses switch mode technology and works from a wide range of input voltages
Fortunately it uses a standard "figure-8" connector which you can buy more or less anywhere.
Matt

That's a very kind thought I already have a PayPal account... but I'm still up to my eyes in stuff - donations or not - so I wouldn't want to take your cash and still take an age
Matt

LOL!
You know, as soon as I posted that reply I could see that coming
One day... one day
Matt

It was there in v3.
It's the little sphere icon with a "star" highlight on the top left - between the curve and colour control icons.

Its effectiveness is rather dependent on the type of image but with a bit of tweaking its great for managing sunsets etc.

Matt

Of course it's mouse driven... and you can control the mouse position with software. Maybe they've written a paper-plane thrower application
I would do too... if I had the time (and didn't have a RAW processing guide to write first )
Matt