I'm looking to consolidate my flash collection to a single type of flash that will do all I need.
I currently have 2 AF360 FGZ and 2 AF500FTZ flashes. I tend to use the AF 360's in PTTL mode and am happy with the results except when they simply aren't powerful enough to do the job required. Then I use the 500's in manual mode. Trouble is that for some macro work the 500's are too powerful and the manual side doesn't go down to less than 1/32 power. I'm looking at replacing all 4 with 2 that will work in all situations. The options I'm looking at are the Pentax AF540FGZ (a bit on the expensive side) or the Sigma EF530 Super DG (but I'm not sure of build quality and so on with the Sigma - and of course it's not a Pentax (though I'm not a Pentax snob. Really I'm not.)). Can those of you who own the Sigma please give me your impressions of how well it works and how well it's built. If anyone else has suggestions I'd love to hear them. It needs to work PTTL and preferably wireless. Thanks, Leon -- 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.
