Hi everybody, I had decided to write a single mail about my flash adentures of the last month, but it seems they would come out too long so I cut the message in two.
First, the Sunpak-Pentax 645 problem: I don't know if anybody has ever experienced this: I own a couple of Sunpak G4500DX flashes with TTL cords for Pentax cameras (the non-af version). One of my cousins asked me to take his marriage pictures and I decided to use one of those flashes with one of my two 645. It was the first time that I was using the Sunpak - TTL cord - 645 combo (usually I have a AF280T on the hotshoe and/or a Sunpak connected via pc cord). Needless to say, the TTL Sunpak cord works nicely with every otyher camera I own but... After the first couple of shots, I noticed that the flash was discharging all the power after each shot. The green light blinked, so I thought that *maybe* the dark suit of the groom was eating most of the light. I was shooting at f/4 with a 400 Iso film, though, so the output should have been enough. Unfortunately I've lost a couple of important moments because the flash was very slow in recharging (and I was too stupid to shot those moments with the MZ-5n I had ready around my neck...). Back home (luckily, the ceremony in the church was at noon and the party in the evening) I tested in every way the two flashes, the two TTL cords and the two cameras in various combinations. Results: odd but true, the 645 pilots the flash in the right way... until the shutter is closed. Then the flash fires again, this time at full output. This is evident when the shutter speed is slow enough. Another lesson learned... Gianfranco ===== Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com - 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 .
