The Pentax AT 400 has a power connection for external power supplies. Quantum
makes a cord that plugs right into it. That's the only relatively recent unit
with which I'm familiar. My thirty-five year old Honeywell potato masher
strobes also had connections for external power. I've never encountered the
dummy battery pack setups.
Paul
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From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Where have you been the last 40 years or so, Paul? Quantum's power packs
> usually use a dummy battery pack with a cord to connect. Often require a
> hole to be drilled or notched into the battery door of the flash as
> well, which I never much liked.
>
> graywolf
> http://www.graywolfphoto.com
> "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof"
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>
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >Mark,
> >You mention that you had considered a Quantum power pack for your Sigma
> >flash.
> Is there a "power in' connecter on the Sigma? Does Quantum make a connector?
> I
> own both the Sigma and a Quantum Battery II, but I never saw anything on
> Sigma
> that suggested an external power source could be implemented. Am I missing
> something?
> >Paul
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> >From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
> >>Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Who's using their Pentax gear to make a buck or two, what gear are you
> >>>using, are you using film or digital or both, and what kind of jobs are
> >>>you doing?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Though I'm a full-time student for one more semester, my only job is
> >>photography these days. I did a couple of weddings this summer
> >>(shudder), shot the Superbike races at Mid-Ohio for superbikeplanet.com,
> >>I've done work for a local nature group for their presentations, I just
> >>got a job shooting a custom Harley chopper for the owner who's trying to
> >>get it into various biker mags and I'm selling prints through my web
> >>site (go a last-minute Christmas order going out today). All kinds of
> >>"odds and ends" jobs like these. Oh, and giving private lessons in
> >>Photoshop - no kidding.
> >>
> >>I'm pretty much all digital for work, though I still sometimes shoot
> >>film for fun (mostly b&w in the 645). Camera is the ist-D. Most used
> >>lenses for "work shooting" are the FA*80-200/2.8, FA*28-70/2.8 and
> >>Tamron 17-35/2.8-4. I use the Sigma EF500 DG Super flash - if I'd
> >>decided to do more weddings I'd have bought a Quantum power pack for it,
> >>as it is it works fine for the shooting I do now.
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Mark Roberts
> >>Photography and writing
> >>www.robertstech.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
