Hi Glen thanks very much for your detailed answer! Swiss German is my main language, my English will never be as clear and good as it should be....
Can I combine any brand of flash and beside the limited length of the cable > connection, is there a difference in quality > or else to a master/slave connection with a special slave adapter for the > second flash? >>This sentence is a little tangled, so I'm not certain >>exactly what you're asking, but if you're asking what >>I think you're asking: The ME Super has no TTL flash, I use Auto range or manual settings. I would like to use a Pentax 280T flash on the hot shoe for front lightning and a second Regula connected to the side connector and fitted on a movable flash arm from HAMA. The Regula (or Vivitar) would bounce to the ceiling or give (a little) additional light from the left side light above the camera with manual settings. Maybe this setup does not make sense, I just want to try it, with the second flash I could also fire some colored light on table top subjects, you see, it's all experimental stuff and just ideas and never realized yet. Or the main flash alights the foreground and the second flash is bouncing for the background in big rooms? I was wondering about problems between different flashes/brands when used together. (Like: a Vivitar will not work well with a Pentax because of timing problems or a Metz and a Pentax match better.) All asked for non TTL operation and the Pentax AF280T (if possible in auto mode) as the main flash. I have the choice between a Metz 32CT, a Braun 38Mlogic or a Regula Variant 740-2 as second flash and maybe anyone knows which will match the Pentax AF280T best. Will the main flash, in this case the Pentax and it's sensor "see" the light from the second flash and calculate the timing correct or do I have to adjust/minimize it's output and could timing problems (or others) happen with a cable connection compared to a wireless slave setup? > is there a risk of overloading the connectors if I use both flash connectors > on a Pentax ME Super at the same I think I did it once without problems, but G�nther Spitzing, German Author of several well known Pentax (ME Super) books, talks only about using slave connectors with the ME Super for the second flash, that irritated me a bit. >>Are any of those related to the question you meant to ask? >> -- Glenn Yes, this is qualified and interesting reading stuff, thanks Glen. I think, I just have to experiment with it and post the results later :-) Markus Maurer
