Sigma checked my S/N and i do need an upgrade for the K10D. HOWEVER, as i'm Canadian i need to send it to Gentek in Markham, and the boys in NY are not sure if they charge.
Sigma in NY do not, but i bought in in Canada so.......... Dave Quoting Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > No, IMO it would be if Sigma did advertised that situation and > publicly decline that any product are made so they'll work with future > bodies (using same technology of course). > > 2006/11/28, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> On Nov 28, 2006, at 5:32 AM, David Savage wrote: >> >> > Well considering the Pentax AF-360 FGZ pre dates the release of the >> > K10D by quite some time, and works without any reported problems, >> > Sigma obviously did something dodgy if they need to upgrade it to work >> > with the new K series DSLR's. >> >> Of course they did something dodgy: they backwards-engineered the >> protocol and tested that it worked with the current bodies at the >> time it was introduced. Pentax, being the one creating the K10D, >> could test it for operation with the other two existing flash units >> and modify the design in the new body to make sure it worked. >> >> I hate to step in to Sigma's defense as I think their quality control >> is out of bounds to begin with, but if you accept buying third party >> products that are being backwards-engineered in the first place, from >> that perspective this is a post-facto upgrade to the 500 DG Super >> flash unit. >> >> Godfrey >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > -- > > Thibault Massart aka Thibouille > ---------------------- > *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > Equine Photography in York Region -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
