Scott Loveless wrote: > A couple weeks ago I inquired about manual flash guns for off camera > use. I've pretty much decided on the Nikon SB-24 (Adam's right, > they're built like tanks) if I can find one or two that look like they > have less than 200,000 miles on them. If I can't when I'm ready to > buy, then I'll go with the Sunpak 383. Meanwhile, I'd like to start > playing with off camera flash with some of my existing hardware. The > only Pentax dedicated flash I had (a cheapie my wife picked up in the > sale bin) died a horrid, internal rattle type death recently. That > leaves me with a Vivitar 2500. Best I can tell trigger voltage is in > the 10 to 15 volt range. I haven't actually measured mine yet. I'm > not too worried about this with the PZ-1, but I'm hesitant to wire it > up to the K100D. Am I safe, or should I hold off until I have a > better flash gun? > > Thanks, guys (and gals)! > > P.S. - Godfrey mentioned a Promaster dedicated hot shoe to pc adapter. > Any other recommendations? I'm assuming these are fairly simple > devices, and that buying the over-priced Pentax branded adapter isn't > worth the extra cash. >
I'm not sure about the Pentax unit, but the Nikon unit (AS-15) offers two features that the cheapo units don't. The first is the PC-Sync is threaded for locking cords (So the damn thing won't fall off) and the second is it has a locking hotshoe (unfortunately the old-style screw-down rather than the much nicer flip clamp they use on newer units). Otherwise the cheapo units are essentially indistinguishable. I use a Kaiser one myself. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
