Yeah, I have two of them and the same Quantum Battery II. My only gripe about the A mode is the lack of aperture choices. I tend to shoot around ISO 400 and shutter down around 1/60 to bring up the ambient light in wedding receptions. I'll have to do some playing around with the setup to see what setting will work best for that.
-- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, November 22, 2006, 7:17:07 PM, you wrote: PS> On Nov 22, 2006, at 10:10 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: >> So, as advertised, the camera does not support TTL >> flash anymore. Only the newer P-TTL. Obviously, the A mode on the >> flash worked fine, just like in the old days. PS> I can live with that. I like the AF400T. It's a powerful flash, and I PS> have a Battery II lead acid battery for it. I'll use it again, but in PS> the A mode. I've never seen a hue difference in exposure accuracy PS> between A flash and TTL flash. Even manual flash mode is pretty damn PS> easy with digital. A preview is a valuable thing. PS> Paul >> -- >> Best regards, >> Bruce >> >> >> Wednesday, November 22, 2006, 5:42:08 PM, you wrote: >> >> PS> Good point. The only other flash I own (other than studio >> strobes) is >> PS> an AF 400T. But I guess I can try it with that. I have to buy a PC >> PS> cable connector for the hot shoe as well. Then I'm going to try it >> PS> with my studio lights. >> PS> Paul >> PS> Paul >> PS> On Nov 22, 2006, at 7:58 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: >> >>>> >>>> Paul, >>>> >>>> Just in case: You may want to check the K10D body with some other >>>> flash with a comparable level of functionality. >>>> I originally had problems with my DS and my Pentax AF-500 FTZ. >>>> It was a deffect of the body, so it was replaced. >>>> I remember somebody else on the list had a deffective body that >>>> didn't >>>> work with the flash properly - right out of the box. >>>> >>>> Igor >>>> >>>> >>>> Wed Nov 22 19:25:45 EST 2006 >>>> Paul Stenquist wrote: >>>> >>>> I haven't been able to make my Sigma work with the K10D. I had it >>>> upgraded for the K 100D, which I assumed would make it work with the >>>> new camera. Hoping someone else can try this combo. I'll try it >>>> again, of course, but I'm not optimistic. A call to Sigma may be in >>>> order and perhaps a purchase of a Pentax flash. >>>> Paul >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
