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I got the flash, clipped the wires to the extra TTL contacts, and now have myself a cheap, auto flash for the camera. It will work until I can afford the P-TTL flash. Cheers Mike On Feb 19, 2007, at 6:05 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > 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. > > > -- > 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
