Glad the SB-30 worked out for you Godfrey. As some may have noticed, I'm a big fan of Nikon flash kit for non-TTL use. They've made a few gems, although it continues to amaze me that Nikon hasn't made an i-TTL version of the SB-30 (which really is the pop-up flash for Nikon's pro film bodies)
-Adam Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >After some discussion a while back regarding a small, light external >flash unit to trigger other flashes' by slave, Adam Maas mentioned >the Nikon SB-30. > >I looked it up and it looked very nice: teensy, decent power for its >size, three manual power settings and four Auto settings, simple EV >compensation (TTL and other Nikon system specific settings are >irrelevant for my uses but it's got several of those as well). And a >built in diffuser for wide angle along with an IR flash shield so it >can be used to just drive slave triggers without contributing to the >exposure. > >I wanted something less bulky to haul about for triggering the >Paterson E-Flash panel strobes and other light duty flash use so I >bought one from Henry's for $40. Trigger voltage according to my VOM >is 4.7 Volts DC. It's a little smaller than the size of my Fuji F30 >pocket cam but lighter. > >It works well. I've used it on both the K10D and *ist DS hotshoe to >slave the Patersons for well over 400 flash shots with the supplied >lithium battery at M1/32 power output, and it's still going strong. >(All the photos I made for Ebay sales recently and the set showing >the Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Home bag were made using it.) It's also >completely silent. > >Good call, thanks Adam! > >Godfrey > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
