Have you seen this link? Compares all Pentax (& compatible) pttl flashes...
http://pttl.mattdm.org/ and this one: http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/flashes/index.html I heard a rumor that there are new Pentax flashes coming soon, too... best, -c On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Leon Altoff <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- 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.
