I bet it loves hugging

Ah, good to know, thanks. Not to raise expectations too high Still, they are very good flashes and having a little experience with flashes (I only used very simple flash unit with my old good Zenit 12XP) any of the above should bring me hours of fun / experiment opportunities.

Hefty, these look good So now I know I'm probably after Vivitar 285HV (more powerful, very reliable) or Pentax AF240Z and AF280T (which support trailing curtain flash and should work as slaves in the future with less hassle - as far as I understood).

My budget is up to £20 (ish), the less the better, so I'm looking for bargains (as I wrote - I look for really cheap flash) - but thanks for offers I hope I'll get something used for about £10. It's after summer holiday and the school year just started, so I'm on a tight budget now...

Thanks for your help again

Fantastic colours, Ted, and I really like the second series (People). With the first one - I'm not one of these P&P magicians, but I believe it should be possible to replace the burned out skies with some 'cheatty' replacement from another photo, some clouds, maybe? Just play around with layers / masks / etc... Martin could advise much better than me on that

Thanks

Amoringello, the link provided is useful. Quite overwhelming number of flashes mentioned there

George, these two sound interesting - I'll see what ebay can provide me with. And what prices... I'm looking for something really cheap (in price).

Any hints on these Vivitars (mentioned few times in other posts, but I didn't find which models are recommended - and why) - can be better then Pentax mentioned by George?

I need an external flash for my K20D. There are couple of reasons (one of them triggering 'dumb' slave flashes), some experiments, flash use learning (bouncing flash) etc.)

I cannot afford flash I'd like to have (Metz 58 AF-1 or Pentax AF-540FGZ) so I'm considering some cheap option.

I bought a very cheap flash on car boots sale, Miranda 700CD, which should work with Pentax - unfortunately it occurred it didn't work at all (it charges, but no flash even with the test button - no idea why, possibly the bulb is dead).

I read in some archive posts Vivitar recommendations, but which models should I look for?

Nice if I could use it later for some multi-flash setup.

Actually it has to run on the battery - do you remember the interval shooting? If it was 'physical', real switch the camera had no chance to kick in at the time to take a picture. (Oh, I realise there potentially could be a mechanical clockwork inside but...)

A-ha! And I used my polariser only for shots containing some sky. Another thing learned!

Alas! I knew there would be some hack. Now I have to wait couple of months until I can afford it. Oh, well, temporarily I can use the cheapo we have at home or a bean bag perhaps.

Thanks!

Excellent warm colours, Dan, now you winded me up I have to give it a go on some dull weekend

And thanks, John, I'll try with few different WB settings to see what's coming out.

Hmmm, that's interesting, I'd never thought of - I have to try. Inspiring, as usually

I guess I should fiddle with white balance then (assuming I take pictures in RAW) to simulate sunny weather (I mean to get the pictures warmer, not greyish)?