William, I also have a AF280T that I use with my LX and I believe that you may need a Pentax "Hot Shoe Grip" for Off-Camera TTL Flash Use to allow for slow flash sync; there is a switch on the grip that allows this option.
Regards, Jose R. Rodriguez > > From: "William Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2002/05/28 Tue PM 12:57:48 CDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ME Super can do slow flash sync? > > Just tried this again (since I have it out) and no matter what speed is set on the >ME Super, as soon as the AF280T is charged, it switches to 1/125. > > With a non-dedicated flash, the slower speeds work fine (just checked by holding the >back open and firing the shutter with an old Vivitar 2800). > > 5/28/02 11:18:10 AM, "Joe Wilensky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Most Pentax flashes (and some Pentax-dedicated ones of other brands) > >will tell the ME Super to set the 1/125 shutter speed automatically > >when the mode dial is on auto and the flash is ready. The manual > >1/125 position on the ME Super is for flashes that don't set the > >shutter speed themselves and for a manual backup speed. It's also a > >good choice for advancing those first couple of frames at the > >beginning of a roll. > > > >AFAIK, the camera will synch with a flash at all speeds, although of > >course at higher than 1/125 the frame will not be fully exposed when > >the flash goes off. > > > >For slow-speed flash synch, set the shutter speed in manual mode via > >the pushbuttons. A Pentax flash (AF160, AF280T, AF200T, etc.) may set > >the 1/125 speed by itself even when you're in manual mode, but > >there's a workaround: I don't have my ME Super here at work to check, > >but if it works like the Super Program, in manual mode, it will set > >the shutter speed to 1/125 only if the speed you had selected before > >turning the flash on was 1/250 or faster. If your manually selected > >speed was 1/125 or slower, you should get the flash ready signal, but > >the camera may keep the shutter speed where you had it. > > > >Joe > > > >> > >>Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:58:23 -0300 > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: ME Super can do slow flash sync? > >> > >>Hi gang. > >>Reading ME Super user's manual, it seems the only way to use flash is to > >>use the 125/X sync position in mode dial. But I mounted a flash and put the > >>dial in Auto, and the flash fires no matter what speed the camera chooses. > >>My question is: the camera syncs properly? Obviously it will not with > >>higher than sync speeds, but with lower speeds? Or the flash fires out of > >>syncro? I would love to be able to do slow sync. > >>Regards > >> > >>AG > >>- - > >- > >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
