Bruce Dayton wrote:
>
> Achiever is a brand that seems notorious for making flashes that don't work
> consistently with Pentax bodies. They are a relatively low cost item. They
> are dedicated - but only work correctly sometimes. Kind of like some of the
> old Sigma lenses. Likely for the same reason.
Well, there you have it ... incompatibilities between high-tech
items. May I suggest flash powder. It works with all cameras, and,
once mastered, rarely causes dangerous explosions.
> P.S. I just howled when the first innocent suggestion for you to use a
> digital for quiet operation was made.
While it's not commonly known, I do have and use an inexpensive
digital camera. I use it mostly for posting photos to e-bay and for
documenting scenes around the house or at parties, such as this photo
of Mark taken with a couple of close friends at a recent party in San
Francisco: http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/MARK.JPG
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Shel Belinkoff
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