Ryan, ordinary plastic flash clip will do, no real need for one with pentax name on it. The important thing is that the surface of the clip that comes in contact with flash pins is all plastic so the shortcutting among pins cannot occur. I use one that I bought in a local photo store, it can be attached onto the tripod and also comes with a bounce joint at the bottom. It does the job of holding the flash where I want just fine.
Matjaz > Hiya wise Pentaxian panel.. > > About using the af360fgz flash as a wireless slave with an mz5n (using > the popup flash to trigger the slave), I was wondering about this bit > in the manual: > > "To prevent accidental short-circuiting of the flash unit's hot shoe > contacts, attach the Off-Camera Shoe Grip or Off-Camera Shoe Clip > CL-10 when using the flash unit as a slave unit." > > and this bit in a separate section: > > "When using a flash unit separated from the camera, use of the > Off-camera shoe adapter F or the Off-camera shoe clip CL-10 is > recommended." > > While the latter remark seems a bit more passive, the former seems to > warn of dire consequences. Since I don't have either accessory, I was > wondering what the real risk is (of using a wireless slave without a > clip, grip thingie). Also, how much do they cost anyway (anyone got > spares lying around they want to offload?) > > Rgds, > Ryan > > >
