And smoking the same crack. Neither were exactly good ideas, and power zoom was actively bad.
-Adam On 1/11/08, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pentax and Minolta shared a few other ideas, such as > power zoom lenses and pop-up flashes. Their engineers > must have been very friendly... > > Rick > > --- Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Pentax got the idea from Minolta, who introduced > > their wireless flash > > system, complete with moronic channel selection, in > > 1992. > > > > Given the peculiarities of the P-TTL wireless > > system, I halfway > > suspect it might be a licensed version of Minolta's > > ADI metered TTL > > system. The two work (And don't work) in very > > similar ways. > > > > -Adam > > > > On 1/10/08, Peter Loveday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Does the K10D have the wireless flash > > capability ... > > > > Yes with firmware updates and with 2 > > limitations: > > > > > > > * You can only chose channel nr 1 > > > > > > Well, you *can* choose other channels on the K10D, > > the same way as with the > > > *istD. > > > > > > Having said that, setting it is about the most > > convoluted and unintuitive > > > way imaginable: > > > > > > The camera picks up the wireless channel of a > > slave set to remote when its > > > mounted on the hot-shoe. So put the flash on the > > camera, set your flash to > > > Channel X and Slave mode, then enable wireless > > mode on the camera. It will > > > show Ch X (where it usually shows Ch 1), and will > > work just fine on that > > > channel. You then take the slave flash off the > > hotshoe and put it where you > > > actually want it... > > > > > > Whoever thought up this at Pentax should be > > shot.... (what would be wrong > > > with just using a thumbwheel to change channel > > while its showing "Ch 1" > > > after turning on wireless mode...) > > > > > > > * No HSS in wireless mode > > > > > > Indeed. > > > > > > Love, Light and Peace, > > > - Peter Loveday > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > > link directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > -- > > M. Adam Maas > > http://www.mawz.ca > > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
