Re: external power for AF500FTZ

2001-02-13 Thread canislupus
I still think that building it yourself is the cheapest and best solutions (if you are at least lightly skilled with light soldering iron for tin soldering). Get a number of NiCd batteries (or NiMh, but NiCads are slightly better for flashes), strong charger (I use one made for RC models

external power for AF500FTZ

2001-02-12 Thread Tiger Moses
Is pentax the only choice? Is there anyplace online with price/picture? - 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 .

Re: external power for AF500FTZ

2001-02-12 Thread tom
Tiger Moses wrote: Is pentax the only choice? No, though I think it's the cheapest. Is there anyplace online with price/picture? B+H photo...take a look at the Quantum power packs...also, Quantum has a pretty informative web site: http://www.qtm.com/ I have a quantum turbo z, and it's

Re: external power for AF500FTZ

2001-02-12 Thread Tiger Moses
Yeah Ken, how about a webpage with photos! At 05:39 PM 2/12/2001 -0600, you wrote: I recently made a rechargeable external powerpack for my Vivitar 283 that will give me 500 flashes at full-power and it only cost about $55 (including charger) for parts. If anyone is interested, I'll give