Welcome to the list. Just what we need, another Aussie! <vbg>
cheers, frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: First (and hopefully not last) Post and using both flash connectors
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 14:36:56 +1000
Hello all
I confess to having been lurking here for some time but I've finally got around
to subscribing.
I notice there are quite a number of list members from Oz and I'm another one -
and before you ask, yes, I do have Vegemite on toast for breakfast - it's one
of life's little pleasures......
About my photography - I haven't gone digital yet (apart from a point and shoot
'FinePix') and although lusting ater an *istD I don't expect to be digitally
enabled for some time unless prices unexpectedly plummet! Currently I'm mainly
using an MZ5 and a Z20 but I'm a bit of a collector so I have a number of other
camera bodies to choose from including several screw mounts.
I enjoy landscape and wildflower photography and I'm hoping to get a bit of
inspiration from the PAW entries of list members.
Anyway enoungh about me,
Markus Maurer asked....
"is there a risk of overloading the connectors if I use both flash connectors
on a Pentax ME Super at the same
time, for ex. an Pentax AF280T on the hot shoe and some NonPentaxFlash on
the side connector ? And, how is it with
a Pentax SFX/SF1/SF7, can I also use both connectors at the same time?
Can I combine any brand of flash and beside the limited length of the cable connection, is there a difference in quality or else to a master/slave connection with a special slave adapter for the second flash?"
I have some experience with this sort of set up as I use a dual flash
arrangement for wildflower 'macro' photography. I've been using dual flash on
my Super A for many years with an AF280T attached to the hotshoe (via a 4P sync
cord B and hot shoe adapter F) and an AF200S connected to the PC socket via a
generic hot shoe cable. Before I got the 200S I was using a generic brand
flash connected to the PC socket. All I can say is that the setup has never
caused any problems.
I've also used the same arrangement occasionally with an ME Super and SFXn - in
the latter case both flashes are attached via a hot shoe adapter as there's no
PC socket. Again, no problems have been experienced.
Cheers
Brian Walters
_________________________________________________________________
MSN Premium includes powerful parental controls and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
