Why don't you just sell it and buy a Pentax dedicated flash? On Feb 18, 2007, at 10:19 PM, Beaker wrote:
> > On Feb 18, 2007, at 10:00 PM, William Robb wrote: > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Beaker" >> Subject: Re: Nikon Dedicated Flashes & a K100D >> >> >> >>> BTW- it is dedicated for Nikon. >>> >>> How do the Pentax cameras respond to simple flash- IE only the two >>> traditional contacts- the bracket and the center contact? >>> (It says "Auto Thyristor" on the front. So I'm assuming it only puts >>> a small control voltage through the camera, instead of the full flash >>> tube charge, like the really primitive flashes.) >>> >>> I'm thinking about getting the flash, opening the shoe, and clipping >>> the wires to the 3 extra "dedicated" contacts. Hopefully, the flash >>> will work with its internal sensor. >>> >> >> Does it have a TTL/Auto switch on it? >> If so, switching it to auto should work without the surgery. >> >> William Robb >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > Nope- no TTL/AUTO switch. looks like it will go under the knife... > > Cheers > Mike > > -- > 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

