Mark Roberts wrote:
frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
As for Cotty, I have no idea what he's talking about... <LOL>
That's all right. Neither does Cotty :-P
And I thought it was just me.
To expand on the AF-080C:
I have one that I've used occasionally. It does give odd looking
highlights in shiny surfaces including eyes. If you're pointing the
camera at non-reflective surfaces and you're close and you aren't
stopping the lens down too far then the flash will give you some pretty
good results.
The flash is pretty small and fits a 49mm filter thread or a 52mm thread
with an adapter. I suppose you could use it with a 58mm thread if you
shoot wide open but I suspect that you'd get some serious vignetting if
you stopped down.
You can download the manual for it from the Pentax website.
You have other options:
Pentax makes an AF-140c ringlight that's apparently pretty nifty in that
you can operate half the ring if you want. Sadly, I don't have one of
those but I'd consider a donation from some philanthropic PDML member
who feels sufficiently sorry for me. I'd be glad to report back on how
well it works.
The Phoenix ringlight fits bigger lenses and is also TTL. This was my
first ringlight. It's cheaply made but it works.
Sunpak makes TTL ringlights DX-8R and DX-12R. I have the DX-12R and use
it more than the other two because it fits 67mm threaded lenses and has
more power.
I don't know how well any of the TTL functions on any of these flashes
work with the digital bodies. Someone else may be able to answer that.
Please let me know if you have any questions about any of this.
Tom Reese
