Brent, your ZX-M lacks the TTL flash circuitry so forget about any TTL dedicated flashes. These, be it Pentax or third party, will only work with the rest of the ZX series. The best you can get is camera communicating the aperture to the flash. If your 383 already does that, than your setup is already maxed.
As for your lighting plan, it sounds good. For a weak fill-in, set the flash on the camera on low power (1/2 or 1/4). Servus, Alin Brent wrote: BH> What does it mean if a flash is "dedicated for Pentax" versus a BH> regular old non-TTL generic flash? I have a Sunpak 383 Super that BH> works well in manual or automatic mode on my ZX-M. There was in BH> the past a model 433D that has similar specifications but was BH> "dedicated". In what way would it work differently on my ZX-M? BH> I've ordered an umbrella, light stand, clamp and Wein slave unit so BH> that I can light people better for making decent portraits. My plan is BH> to put the 383 flash on the umbrella setup and trigger it with a flash BH> on the camera with the camera flash turned way down so it will be a BH> weak fill flash. Does this sound like a good plan? I'm talking head BH> and shoulders shots of one or two people indoors, that sort of thing. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
