> When the wireless wouldn't work, I went to a > remote hot shoe connector. It's a cheapo Promoster model, and it stopped > functioning after 50 shots or so. Couldn't determine why, so I abandoned it > and used the flash on camera.
You have to be a little careful with the Promaster hot shoe cable, because the end that connects to the flash does not have the little hole in it where the flash's pin drops down (look at the shoe on your camera and you'll see the hole I'm talking about). This, combined with the fact that the "Fix" ring on the flash (not sure what to call it. It's the part you turn to tighten the connection to your hot shoe) does not tighten very much, means the flash can slip out of position on the hot shoe cable's head. I noticed this myself while taking photos at a friend's wedding a few weeks ago. The flash won't fall off the shoe, but it's not hard to accidentally knock it out of position, causing the camera and flash to lose their connection. The Promaster cable is not exactly "cheapo," but it is not as good as the Pentax- brand option. Hopefully Promaster will update their cable in the near future now that there are three Pentax flashes (including that new little one coming out) with the same pin-style fastener. John Celio (former Promaster specialist) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
