Hi Bill, Is that Metz a handle mount or a shoe mount? I've been looking at getting a better flash than the unpredictable and crappy Pentax ones. I looked in B&H for the one you mentioned, but it appears to have been superceded by newer models.
gonz On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:39 AM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Northeast Media" > Subject: Re: K7 first thoughts > > >> Thats the bity I hate the most about myK10D. >> >> I can work around the ISO and AF performance - at least they are >> predictable. >> >> The first night function I shot with the K10d and my Metz 45 CL-4 flash >> were a nightmare, it was so unpredictable. J just when I thought I had it >> set it varied when I went to do the real shot. The exposures were all over >> the place. I switched to the DS for the rest of the night and that worked >> much more predictably. >> >> I have worked on more manual control of the system, but full P-TTL is nice >> when it works. >> > > I haven't bothered to update my flash since February 1986. > I still use a Metz 60 CT2 that I bought when my Metz 402 crapped out and I > needed a flash tomorrow. > > I tried TTL with the LX, and gave up on the LX for flash altogether, and > went back to the very accurate Metz auto flash. > When the istD came out, I tried TTL with it, and it failed. > When I bought the K10, I bought a Pentax flash that was supposed to be > compatable. > I think it's a 500 ftz, or somesuch. > It's batteries have probably rotted, since it is not accurate on either the > K10 or K20, and so I keep going back to the amazingly accurate Metz > autoflash. > > William Robb > > > -- > 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. > -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- 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.

