Gorgeous, Mark. If you controlled the flash through cheap wireless triggers that don't support P-TTL the camera should see that there's no response from the flash and assume manual. The flash will also happily go into manual because it's not getting TTL override signals from the camera. I can recommend the Cowboy Studios ones. $20 for a Tx/Rx pair.
A simple trigger-only extension cable should work as well. But wireless is handier, I find. On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > It snowed a little today (got damn cold too) and I tried a few snow crystal > shots with the Q. Details and some sample shots are here: > > http://markcassino.com/b2evolution/ > > Permalink: > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/snow-crystal-photography-with-the-pentax > > Had some odd flare (?) or something with my standard reverse mounted 50mm > setup. Better luck with with a regular mounted 50mm macro. I had tested the > AF360 flash with a Q mount lens and it worked like a charm - even though it > was bigger than the rest of the camera setup by a fair margin. With the K > mount adapter the flash seems a bit wonky, at least per my expectations. It > stays in P-TTTL mode and I can't get it to manual mode. It will only do > P-TTl or SB. I thought P-TTL would only work if the camera was in > communication with the lens's chip. While flahs compensation worked (in that > it changed the intensity of the flash) I still had to resort to putting a > hanky on the flash to control the intensity of the light and keep everything > form being blown out. > > I was in "relearning" mode since it has been 2 years since I have had a good > session shooting snow crystals (last season was a bust), but things went > smoothly. > > I have high hopes for this setup still. As ISO 160 the noise is pretty much > nill and the focus peaking plus the 4x MF focus assist make it much easier > to focus. Working at 1 to 2x is still much easier that 4 to 8 x. The snow > today was not very good in terms of its form, but I think the Q will be > great for this and other extreme macro stuff. I might wind up getting the > pricey Pentax K to Q converter with the built in leaf shutter, as the sync > speed of 1/13th did not help much. > > Mark > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
