On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Collin Brendemuehl <[email protected]> wrote: >>Colin, is it a "PX" unit? That's supposed to be P-TTL compatible. The >>pin arrangement, not to mention signalling, will be wrong for Pentax >>hotshoes on all the other models. >> >>I found this: >> >> "Notable Drawbacks: Compatibility issues." > > Yes, it is P-TTL, the PX unit. > Makes me wonder if it's either the camera or the flash. > On-camera flash works fine.
The manual for that flash says it was only tested with the K10D and earlier bodies. Looks like it's an old design. > But I've got a job to shoot next week -- a "Groundhog Gala" iirc, dance > competition. > I'd like more than the on-camera flash. What is your mandate for this shoot? Eg: get an action shot of every competitor in action? Get posed mugshots of everybody? Wander around and get general Facebook shots of the crowd? If it's posed shots, for example, then you could setup a little backdrop set, everything on manual and pre-exposed. Focus-shoot-Next! -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
