So what does this do on the Pentax body, just straigh Manual flash control, but will trigger your slave. I would think it should work for any flash set as slave like the Sigma SD500 SUPER say.
Dave On 4/23/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After some discussion a while back regarding a small, light external > flash unit to trigger other flashes' by slave, Adam Maas mentioned > the Nikon SB-30. > > I looked it up and it looked very nice: teensy, decent power for its > size, three manual power settings and four Auto settings, simple EV > compensation (TTL and other Nikon system specific settings are > irrelevant for my uses but it's got several of those as well). And a > built in diffuser for wide angle along with an IR flash shield so it > can be used to just drive slave triggers without contributing to the > exposure. > > I wanted something less bulky to haul about for triggering the > Paterson E-Flash panel strobes and other light duty flash use so I > bought one from Henry's for $40. Trigger voltage according to my VOM > is 4.7 Volts DC. It's a little smaller than the size of my Fuji F30 > pocket cam but lighter. > > It works well. I've used it on both the K10D and *ist DS hotshoe to > slave the Patersons for well over 400 flash shots with the supplied > lithium battery at M1/32 power output, and it's still going strong. > (All the photos I made for Ebay sales recently and the set showing > the Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Home bag were made using it.) It's also > completely silent. > > Good call, thanks Adam! > > Godfrey > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
