Yeah I understand that technology changes... It doesn't help though that I bought their most expensive flash unit and that now it's basically useless. :-) Long before the life of the product itself has been exhausted.
Tom C. >From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: RE: K10D and Ring flash >Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:34:25 -0600 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mike Hamilton" >Subject: Re: RE: K10D and Ring flash > > > > > > P-TTL was already the standard in new Pentax bodies (MZ-S & MZ-6) in > > 2001, 2 years prior to the *ist D, which *also* supports TTL. As do > > the *ist DS and *ist DS2. I think that 14 years (1992 to 2006) of use > > of a top of the line flash on modern bodies is reasonable. There was > > even 5 years of overlap where your TTL flash was still supported in > > new camera bodies. And nothing stops you from using that flash on a > > *ist D/DS/DS2 body now! > > > > Enjoy your equipment as it was intended. > >It's more stuff being left off that limits support for older equipment, >in this case, an analogue flash control. >I'm sure it was done to cut costs. > >William Robb > > > >-- >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
