Re: Smaller flash for MX -- suggestions?

[Peter Alling]

I've seen them go on e-bay for as little as $12.00 U.S.

At 03:04 PM 2/23/04, you wrote:
Thanks, Joe.  What do these AF160 flashes typically cost these days?

What would be a choice for swivel and/or having the ability to reduce output,
perhaps for outdoor fill-in flash?
Aaron

>From: Joe Wilensky

>If you want something really small, made by Pentax, and
>chronologically appropriate for the MX, the Pentax AF160 will do. Two
>auto flash settings plus manual. No tilt, swivel, or anything, but
>it's at least the closest thing to replacing the simplest functions
>of a built-in RTF flash. AF on Pentax flashes in the '70s and early
>'80s didn't mean autofocus, but auto flash.
>
>See: http://www.BDimitrov.de/kmp/flashes/non-TTL/index.html for specs.
>
>Joe
>
>
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