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Ken Waller wrote:
>> Their engineers must have been very friendly...
>>
>
> No. They just slept @ a Holiday Inn Express!
>
> Kenneth Waller
> http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Womer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: K10D flash question
>
>
>
>> 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
>>>>
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