We can't be sure that a Sigma 500 that's been upgraded to K100 specs  
won't work on the K10. My flash is obviously broken, and I doubt that  
the camera killed it. Seems very unlikely.
Paul
On Nov 23, 2006, at 10:50 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:

> Markus Maurer wrote:
>
>> does that mean that Pentax changed the flash protocol with the K10D?
>
> It means they've changed *something* about the protocol, but since
> they're (obviously) privy to the inner workings of their own protocols
> they were able to be sure that it was backwards compatible with  
> earlier
> models. Third-party manufacturers don't have that luxury.
>
> This is doubtless part of the reason there are so few third-party
> options available for Pentax-compatible flashes.
>
> I expect Sigma to have an upgrade available before long.
>
>
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