Dario I have been trying for 4 weeks to get gold of the company in Canada, that will do the upgrade to the flash for the K10D.
They have repeatly ignoned all my messages and i have recieved zero return phone calls. I f i cannot get hold of them when i try again Monday, my 500 will be for sale, and i'll add the Pentax 500 to my 77 limited order. Dave Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sigma stuff is ... Quality control and unit by unit reliability has > always been poor, whether lenses or flash units. I stay away from them. > > Godfrey > > On Jan 7, 2007, at 1:34 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote: > >> I own the Sigma EF500 DG Super (PA P-TTL type, 2nd type, I think). >> I asked >> Sigma importers for Italy about its compatibility with the K10D and >> they >> replied "no problem, it's compatible and you can use it with your >> K10D". >> >> So I took all my silliness in my hands and put the damn thing on >> the K10D >> hot shoe, switched bot them on and started shooting some test pics: >> 1st = >> OK, 2nd = OK, 3rd = black, all next pics = blackor almost black (only >> available light was hitting the sensor) at any shutter speed. The >> flash >> fired every time (clearly visible in viewfinder), but synch timing was >> obviously off. I tried P, Av, Tv, X and M modes. >> >> So I put the flash unit on my D: not a single flash was emitted by >> the EF500 >> DG Super over several attempts. Apparently, no synch signal was >> perceived by >> the flash unit. >> >> Not yet happy, I put the flash on the K10D again. Once again, the >> flash >> fired every time (clearly visible in viewfinder), but synch timing was >> obviously off, as all pics turned out black or almost black (no >> flash light >> hitting the sensor). >> >> So I put the flash unit back on my D shoe once again. Everythinhg was >> working well again: all flashes were emitted with proper timing and >> proper >> exposure was achieved. >> >> So, what's the lowdown in all this madness? >> >> Dario >> >> >> -- >> 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 > Equine Photography in York Region -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
