The computing power for Power Zoom to work as promised with any reliability, wasn't available in the size package Pentax tried to put it in for any reasonable price at the time. I'm not sure it's available now at a reasonable price.
Adam Maas wrote: > 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. >> >> > > > -- I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. A union with the Bavarian Illuminati is contemplated. When it is complete the Bavarian Cream Illuminati will rule the world -- Anonymous -- 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.
