On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Charlton Vaughan wrote: > lens, another (Takumar) says it's a 55-58mm lens. I was looking at the > Pentax Flash AF360FGZ listed on the Pentax website that someone referred me > to. The flash is listed as "covering" a 28mm. What does it mean to "cover" > a 28mm lens? Does this mean that my 58mm 0r 55-58mm lens is incompatible > with the flash? Does this also mean that it will not fit a 35mm camera...as > you can see...I'm soooo confused.
This is a very good flash with a lot of capabilities that your SF10 cannot exploit. To answer your question, covering 28mm means that if you attached a 28mm lens to your camera, the flash would be able to sufficiently illuminate your subject (whereas this would not be the case immediately for a wider angle lens). I have a Cobra 750AF which I bought for �30 from eBay and I am very happy with it. The manual does not state the SF10, but if it's the same as the SF7, you may want to try it. I think you can also make the most of your camera's abilities with any TTL flash. Your post made me do what I have wanted to do for 2 weeks now, which is to read http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/technology/hot-shoe/index.html OK, I just skimmed it for now :-) HTH, Kostas (poor understanding of flashes in general, but I am sure people will correct me if I am wrong)
