If you ask me the metz 54mz-4I is one of the best deals on the market. You can find basically new copies on ebay for 200 or so. You do need to get the pentax foot and upgrade it potentially to the latest firmware. That is kinda pricey @ 80. You can alternatively just use a standard hotshoe connector and run the flash full auto and manually plug in focal length and iso. The auto mode is superb and extremely accurate (within +/- 1/3 EV). You can forget about all the p-ttl problems. No annoying preflash either. This flash is also system independant...in fact its the last modular system from metz. You cannot optically slave, but a cheap wireless transmitter fixes that problem. I never used p-ttl and I always had consistent, competent exposures. Highly recommended. My flash bulb blew a couple of weeks ago (I have loads of equipment problems atm....), but I love that flash so much I'm willing to pay the 165 or so to refurbish it. The lcd panel is nice and the controls are fairly intuitive. Just a suggestion....
Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi! > >I am considering replacing my older Metz flash with this modern unit. >It >has touch screen interface and seems to be pretty darn good in terms of > >functionality/price ratio. > >Do any of the honored list members have this flash and can share with >me >their experience? > >Thanks. > >Boris -- 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.
