I'm using NIMH now. I tried alkalines, but they went down too fast. I believe I have 2300s. They work well, but I'd still like more. The AF 400T and Quantum Battery II spoiled me. Paul On Jan 9, 2007, at 4:34 AM, Henk Terhell wrote:
> What batteries are you using on the Pentax "540 something"? The reason > I > ask that NiMH of at least 2100 mAh work so much better than alkaline > batteries in my Metz flash, but I'm thinking about a P-TTL unit. > > Henk > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Paul Stenquist > Sent: 08 January, 2007 2:04 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Sigma EF500 DG Super madness? > > > I had my Sigma EF 500 DG Super upgraded for the K100, because I > figured that would make it compatible with the K10D. When my K10D > arrived, I mounted the Sigma and fired away. It died. Completely. No > flash. I'm going to send it to them, but I'm not hopeful. I needed a > flash, so I bought the Pentax equivelant, the 540 something. It works > well, but goes through batteries in a hurry. I thought I read that > Pentax was going to release a remote battery hookup for this flash. > Hope so. In the meantime, I also use my AF400T with my remote Battery > II. On autoflash it works just fine. > Paul > On Jan 7, 2007, at 7:38 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > >> Quoting Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> Dario Bonazza wrote: >>> >>>> The flash fired every time [on the K10D] (clearly visible in >>>> viewfinder), but synch timing was obviously off. >>> >>> That's the same thing I saw when I tested it on my K10D, too. I >>> worked >>> great with the *ist D the last time I used it, but I didn't retest it >>> after putting in on the K10D. I'm sure hoping they come up with a >>> firmware update like they did for the K100D. If they don't, it'll be >>> the last Sigma product I buy. >> >> I hear ya Doug >> >> Dave >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks, >>> DougF (KG4LMZ) >>> >>> -- >>> 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 > > > -- > 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
