Re: metz question

2014-03-19 Thread John
On 3/18/2014 10:39 PM, Peter Loveday wrote: The new Vivitar Corporation sells brandy new 285HV flash units so they have new parts as well. Sadly the wiring is probably as cheep as possible, but then again I expect the same is true of the TT560 as both units are made in China, land of the Cut Cor

Re: metz question

2014-03-18 Thread Peter Loveday
The new Vivitar Corporation sells brandy new 285HV flash units so they have new parts as well. Sadly the wiring is probably as cheep as possible, but then again I expect the same is true of the TT560 as both units are made in China, land of the Cut Corners. I find both the yonguo and the MP

Re: metz question

2014-03-18 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 18, 2014, at 12:57 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: > On 3/18/2014 2:17 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>> >>> I wouldn't buy a *NEW* 285HV. I understand the quality is just not >>> there. But I do think if you run across the old ones that are still >>> working, you should snap them up. >>> >>> I would.

Re: metz question

2014-03-18 Thread P.J. Alling
On 3/18/2014 2:17 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:32 PM, John wrote: On 3/18/2014 10:48 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 8:48 PM, John wrote: On 3/16/2014 1:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I can't get my mecablits 58 af2 to work as a dumb slave in servo mode. Is

Re: metz question

2014-03-18 Thread Bruce Walker
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:32 PM, John wrote: > On 3/18/2014 10:48 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 8:48 PM, John wrote: >>> >>> On 3/16/2014 1:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I can't get my mecablits 58 af2 to work as a dumb slave in servo mode. Is there so

Re: metz question

2014-03-18 Thread John
On 3/18/2014 10:48 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 8:48 PM, John wrote: On 3/16/2014 1:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I can't get my mecablits 58 af2 to work as a dumb slave in servo mode. Is there something obvious that I'm likely missing? Yeah, you should'a bought some old 285

Re: metz question

2014-03-18 Thread Bruce Walker
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 8:48 PM, John wrote: > On 3/16/2014 1:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> I can't get my mecablits 58 af2 to work as a dumb slave in servo mode. >> >> Is there something obvious that I'm likely missing? > > Yeah, you should'a bought some old 285HVs when you had a chance. 8-D

Re: metz question

2014-03-17 Thread John
On 3/16/2014 1:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I can't get my mecablits 58 af2 to work as a dumb slave in servo mode. Is there something obvious that I'm likely missing? Yeah, you should'a bought some old 285HVs when you had a chance. 8-D -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml

Re: metz question

2014-03-17 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 17, 2014, at 11:10 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > Sun Mar 16 01:47:01 EDT 2014 > Larry Colen wrote: > >> I can't get my mecablits 58 af2 to work as a dumb slave in servo mode. > > I've used mine (however, not af2, but the previous version, "af") as a > slave activated by the built-in fla

Re: metz question

2014-03-17 Thread Igor Roshchin
Sun Mar 16 01:47:01 EDT 2014 Larry Colen wrote: > I can't get my mecablits 58 af2 to work as a dumb slave in servo mode. I've used mine (however, not af2, but the previous version, "af") as a slave activated by the built-in flash without any problem. > Is there something obvious that I'm likely

metz question

2014-03-15 Thread Larry Colen
I can't get my mecablits 58 af2 to work as a dumb slave in servo mode. Is there something obvious that I'm likely missing? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.

Re: Stupid Metz question

2013-07-15 Thread Larry Colen
nt: Monday, July 15, 2013 6:30 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Stupid Metz question > > I did try to RTFM, and the answer wasn't obvious, probably because I was > not looking for the right word in the index. > > How do I set up my new Metz 58 as an optical

Re: Stupid Metz question

2013-07-14 Thread Peter Loveday
-- From: Larry Colen Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 6:30 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Stupid Metz question I did try to RTFM, and the answer wasn't obvious, probably because I was not looking for the right word in the index. How do I set up my new Metz 58 as an optically trigger

Stupid Metz question

2013-07-14 Thread Larry Colen
I did try to RTFM, and the answer wasn't obvious, probably because I was not looking for the right word in the index. How do I set up my new Metz 58 as an optically triggered dumb strobe? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss M