Godfrey, I suspected that it might be a bad adapter also, so I tried it with an LX - worked fine on that.
I also tried a manual flash (vivitar 2850, not 285) and that worked on the *ist DS. I would be very disappointed if I cannot get this to work - one of the main reasons I bought it was to use this Novatron kit in my makeshift portrait studio (for all the advantages of instant feedback that it can give. I hope someone has tried something like this before! I cannot be the first! Dave Godfrey said: ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 21:56:48 -0700 From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ist DS and Flash Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've used a Sunpak 383 in the hot shoe without any problems. Fires the flash in manual and Av mode easily. Be sure the shutter speed is 1/180 sec or slower. I would suspect a bad hot shoe adapter, I've had a lot of them that had problems. I would also recommend using a Wein Safe Sync to be on the safe side ... Godfrey On Aug 26, 2005, at 6:58 PM, David Weiss wrote: > Does anyone know how best to side-step the lack of a pc > connector on an ist DS? I am stumped - I tried an old pc > connector to hot shoe adapter and that did not work. I ask > because I would like to use the ist DS with a Novatron kit. ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
