The offset on top dead center is standard on all the screw mount Pentaxes I own. What do you mean by flash Dial?
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which the K1000 lacks. The lens doesn't quite center when I screw it on, so the marking are cocked a little to the side. That's sort of weird.
But what I don't understand, even after reading the manual, is the FP and X sync ports. Both of them fire, along with the hot shoe, wherever the flash dial is set. That suits me fine, but I don't understand what the dial is for.
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