Adam - I'm sorry to hear about your problems with the D. However, I find the buffer/write speed irritating as well: I did some 360-degree panoramas with a D70 user last Sunday - shooting RAW's, of course. He didn't have to wait between the shots at all. I had to wait between each shots after number 5. That's a PITA, I must say! I fact - all I really want to add in a new Pentax DSLR is S P E E D! AF speed Write speed (and larger buffer). FPS speed
Everything else is just fine. Why can't you use a standard studio stobe outfit? I do it all the time. Some flash units may require, that you reverse the polarity of the flash cord though. I must with our (old) Courney strobes - for instance - or I use a radio trigger. Revered cords are in fact availbale or they are very easy to make from an ordenary one. I recently used a brand new Elinchrome outfit (man, was that brilliant - and exspensive). No problems. Just plug-in and shoot away! Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Adam Maas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 11. januar 2006 18:33 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Enablement and a disablement Well, for a couple of reasons, I've sold my *istD. I was generally happy with it, the only real problem was the slow write speed and small buffer, which has become increasingly aggravating. But I shoot a lot with a group (TPMG) which is heavily composed of Canon-users, and so I've gone and traded the D for an EOS 3 so I can take advantage of equipment sharing (Not being able to use the flashes at a group studio shoot sucks). There's a 20d in my future as well (post-PMA, I'm expecting a replacement and a price-drop on the 20d). I'm still going to keep shooting the MX and Spotty though, so I'll hang around. I might even Cotty-ize my 200/f4 Rikenon. Now to get myself a EOS-M42 adaptor so I can use my M42 lenses. -Adam
