The power packs are dedicated to the 540, I don't believe there's another pack made for it but you may want to check third party vendors. They take 6 C batteries. However, the 4 AA's that go in the flash itself must also be used as the flash won't work with the power pack alone. So, total battery voltage is 15v, but I couldn't tell you the output charging voltage. The recycle time was such that it was never an issue. It's around 4 seconds or slightly faster.
I use lithium AA's in the flashes and regular alkaline bats in the packs. -Brendan --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Even though I already have monolights, I am > interested a bit in what > you have done. Namely the AF-540FGZ and external > power packs. That > is a big issue for me with weddings - flash recharge > time. I am > currently using AF400T with Quantum Battery 2 to get > fast recycling > along with good power. > > Can you tell me more about the 540FGZ and Power Pack > II's? And also > if that flash can use other external packs? > > -- > Bruce > > > Sunday, February 18, 2007, 6:43:33 PM, you wrote: > > BM> I know that many of you have been toying with > the > BM> wireless functinality of the K10D since the last > BM> firmware update. I was excited about it because > I > BM> wanted to see if it would be a low cost > alternative > BM> for doing product shots without the need for me > to > BM> purchase monolights. > > BM> So, I purchased a second AF-540FGZ and two of > the TR > BM> power pack III's. I also picked up a couple of > flash > BM> shoe brackets for my light stands. I set up my > BM> seamless backdrop and tested the setup last > night. In > BM> short, it worked very, very well. > > BM> I had talked to Paul S. about the monolights he > used > BM> to create the shot he posted of the broshure. He > was > BM> able to achieve f11 @ ISO 100 with his setup. > That > BM> seemed like a really good target, since I'm > hoping to > BM> get similar results. Without much effort, I too > was > BM> able to get f11 @ ISO 100. Both flashes were set > to +1 > BM> EV and a flash output of 1/1. However, I > probably > BM> could have had both flashes set to 0EV and moved > the > BM> stands closer to the table or used more > reflective > BM> umbrellas and gotten the same intensity. > > BM> I like this setup because it has some distinct > BM> advantages over monolights. Namely: > > BM> 1. the setup is less expensive than most > monolight > BM> packages > BM> 2. it is more portable and there's less hassle > with > BM> cords > BM> 3. there's no add'l transmitter/receivers needed > BM> 4. lightweight, easy to reposition and transport > > BM> I put up two shots of the setup and six shots I > made > BM> for the tests. All were shot with the K10D in > wireless > BM> flash mode with the on board flash set to > "control." > BM> Flash WB was selected. All were shot at 1/180, > f11, > BM> ISO 100. The two lenses used were the A*85mm > f1.4 and > BM> the A50mm f1.4. All of the shots got some slight > level > BM> tweaking in CS2 plus I added some blue because > my > BM> smaller background paper is a shade darker than > my > BM> normal arctic white. > > BM> http://www.primelensphoto.com/wireless/indexK10D > > BM> Cheers, > > BM> Brendan > > > > > BM> > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > BM> Need Mail bonding? > BM> Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from > Yahoo! Answers users. > BM> > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091 > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
