You can use the 360 as a slave. I also suspect that this information might be wrong. It doesn't make much sense. I wouldn't get my shorts in a knot over it quite yet. On Sep 15, 2006, at 5:53 AM, Rob Brigham wrote:
> To me, this is far more serious than losing use of the aperture ring. > Almost all of my indoor flash photography is done with the wireless 360 > bounced and the RTF providing a little fill to avoid shadow cast. > This > means I can bounce the 360 off the most appropriate surface because I > can point it in any direction (I hand hold it), and I don't have to > mess > around if I change the orientation of the camera etc. I usually only > mount the 360 on the shoe when I need more range from it. > > I am not gonna use 2 flashes because the whole thing just gets too > cumbersome then, and people will think I am even more mad than at > present...! > > Lack of CF support annoyed me a little, but I could see the sense in > it. > > Lack of AA support seriously annoys me, but if that is the price for > the > other features then I guess I have to live with it. > > I am not sure I can accept the flash limitation though - this is a > serious issue for me, and a really stupid move on Pentaxes part. One > of > the best loved features on their cameras of late, and one which helped > enormously to overcome the hassle of having to go P-TTL. > > NOT HAPPY!!! > > Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Sylwester Pietrzyk > Sent: 15 September 2006 08:28 > To: [email protected] List > Subject: No wireless with RTF in K10D :-( > > > I just have read FAQ on japanese K10D page using babelfish and: > "Q: The Strobo it can photograph with the wireless? > A: Wireless photographing is possible by the fact that 2 AF540FGZ or > AF360FGZ are used. With the built-in Strobo wireless speed light > photography is not possible." > Why? It was quite useful. Now you have to have two dedicated flashes > to have wireless... If they could implement this functionality in low > end analog bodies like MZ-6 or *ist and in *istD, why they couldn't > in their newest flagship??? For me it's a one of the biggest > ommisions in otherwise excellent camera. > > Cheers, > Sylwek > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
