Hi Adam a good suggestion and I see that all of the Nikons should be safe voltage wise. The IR Filter is a very good thing but I hate the different batteries because standard rechargeable work so well with all my flashes. The size is a bit on the big size too, nearly like the Pentax AF200s or Metz 20BC6 I have.
I will make some test shots with the Metz now and have just glued some white plastic on the reflector to let only a tiny bit of flash pass. I will test drive it tomorrow with flower close-ups and post the results.... greetings Markus -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 12:42 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Smallest safe flash for the K10D to trigger old slave flashes Nikon SB-30. Tiny TTL/Auto/Manual flash, about the size of a pack of 20 cigarettes. Only downside is it runs off of CR123's, but that shouldn't be a huge issue if running it at minimum power. It even has an integrated IR filter for triggering slaves without adding to the exposure. -Adam Markus Maurer wrote: > Hi Pentaxians > what is the smallest flash I could mount safely on the hotshoe of the K10D > to trigger old slave flashes? > Since I can not disable preflash with the integrated one I can not use it > with my old slaves. > > I have a very small National PE120M but this brand seems to be on the > dangerous high voltage side? > The second smallest one would be a Konica X-20N and then the already bigger > ones with the Metz 20BC6 or the Pentax AF200S. > I would like to diffuse them as much as possible for only a tiny bit of > frontal light output just enough to trigger the slave on the grip from left > above. > > All of them are not listed at http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html > and I'm lacking the skill to measure it myself. > > Any recommendation preferably among the mentioned flashes? > > thanks and greetings > Markus > > > > -- 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
