On 12/12/06, Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK I just checked. I was wrong. It does use both on board flash & > > accessory flash when the hot shoe mounted unit is set to Contrast > > Control Sync. > > I thought we were talking wireless.
That's it, I'm going to bed. :-) Reading the manual implies that it needs to be connected to the camera (either via the hot shoe of by cord) I just did a quick test and it doesn't appear that contrast control sync works in wireless mode. But I'm so out of it at the moment it could be working & I'm just not noticing :-) > > The problem with using the on board flash of the D in conjunction with > > the AF-540 FGZ is that the flash won't fully pop up if 540's mount > > clamp is tightened. It mentions this elsewhere and recommends using > > the hot shoe adapter FG. > > Ah, the FG won't let you mount a flash on it; just a cable to go to > the flash (which you would have to put on a bracket or hold or sth). I can attest that the hot shoe adapter F won't let the flash pop up filly (As stated in the AF-540 FGZ manual) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
