Thank you everyone for this wealth of information. I've decided to wait a few days for offers from the list and, failing that, to buy the hotshoe adaptor f and cable f5p from amazon. However, only after extensive testing of the wireless feature of the K10D that I was not aware of - goes to show how important RTFM can be... as for intended use, I want to have the flash on a flexible arm attached to a longer quick release plate - much like a flash grip but not quite Cheers Ecke
2010/11/23 Christian Skofteland <[email protected]>: > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:04:50PM +0100, eckinator wrote: >> quick question for those who have tried both - to use a p-ttl flash >> off camera would you advise using >> a) pentax F (male / female hotshoe adaptor plus sync cable) >> b) 3rd party cheapo cable solution >> c) wireless, if so, which one? >> thanks >> Ecke >> > > I always used the Pentax hotshoe adapter and sync cords with my macro/tele > off-camera flash rigs. > > -- > > Christian > ------------------------------------- > http://404notfound.blogspot.com > http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com > > > -- > 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.

