My Sigma EF-500 DG Super arrived this afteroon, and I've done some testing. I have to say that i'm very impressed. It does high speed synch, trailing curtain shutter, P-TTL, contrast control, exposure compensation, etc. It seems to support all of the functions of the AF 360GFZ with output that's close to that of the AF 500FTZ. The head tilts and swivels unlike the 360, which apparently provides tilt only. This is important when taking vertical format pics and bouncing the flash. The build quality seems quite good. I tested the high speed synch, the trailing curtain shutter synch and the p-TTL operation at a variety of exposures and distances. All of the shots appeared to be properly exposed on the *istD lcd screen. Paul
> I'm still debating on dedicated flash units. It would be nice to > have one flash that did everything the body could support. > > Does the Sigma support second curtain sync and wireless mode > same as the 360? is it well made enough to not feel like it was > going to fall apart in a year? The Pentax 360 and 500 units are > very nicely made, but my dealer doesn't carry the Sigma line to > compare them. > > I think I might have asked this one time prior, but my memory is > going... ;-) > > Godfrey > > --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Another option is the Sigma EF 500 DG super. You get P-TTL, > > high speed > > synch and a guide number of 160 at 105mm, which is quite a bit > > more pop > > than the AF360 FTZ.. B&H sells it for $199.95. I ordered one > > just the > > other day and expect it today. I prveiously had the Sigma EF > > 500 DG ST, > > which is equally powerful but has no bells and whistles. Not > > as well > > made as my Pentax AF400T, which I will continue to use for a > > lot of > > things, but it's decent. > > > > On Feb 18, 2005, at 3:00 AM, David Oswald wrote: > > > > > I currently have a Pentax AF330FTZ flash, and like the > > results it > > > gives me on both my ZX-5n and my *ist-Ds. But there are > > times that I > > > would like a bounce feature, and on occasion, times that a > > little more > > > range would be helpful. > > > > > > Having used an AF500FTZ a few times I am considering buying > > one. It's > > > essentially the tried and proven workhorse among Pentax's > > nicer > > > flashes. And you can find them on eBay for under $200 > > sometimes. > > > > > > But then along comes the AF360FGZ, with its P-TTL metering > > > compatibility, wider field of coverage, and other shiny new > > features, > > > I'm kind of torn. > > > > > > Can anyone who has used both comment on differences, and > > pros/cons of > > > each? > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail >
