That's good to know. I have a Quantum Battery 2, but I believe it's the wrong voltage for the 540. Paul On Jul 29, 2007, at 10:51 PM, max mcrae wrote:
> I have two Quantum Turbo Z's that I used with the 500ftz, and want > to use > them with the new flash, but Quantum hasn't tested one yet and > won't confirm > if they are compatible. > I took the risk and hooked one up anyway, and it worked fine. > Flash operated perfectly. and recycle was pretty much instantaneous > I hope I haven't done any damage, but I didn't want to buy yet another > battery pack when I have two perfectly good ones already. > > I just wish Quantum would get their A into G and test the bloody > thing. > > Max > > > Paul said: > >> I bought the external battery pack for the 540 flash. It's the unit >> made by Pentax that takes six C-cells. I forget the designation, but >> it's easy to find at B&H. I thought I was going to shoot some >> weddings, but hadn't done so until now. Today, I finally did. I shot >> about 700 frames, at least half of them flash. The pack held out >> right to the end, and it was only in the final few shots that I >> noticed that recycling had slowed. Very good. I like it. >> Paul > > -- > 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
