I think you may be onto something here. I don't do a lot of flash photography, and when I am using flash it's still my old AF500FTZ. But I always used to wonder about these complaints; I've never considered the combination to be unreliable.
But now, on reading your post, I'm reminded that I did once run into a problem with the flash behaving somewhat erratically. All I did then, though, was to take the flash off, clean the contacts, and put it back on the camera (making sure it was clamped on tightly). That was it - just one occasion. But since then I am very careful to make sure the flash is well seated. On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 08:47:07AM -0500, Paul Stenquist wrote: > The AF400T works great on the D. i think the reason Dario and others > have experienced so many failures and erratic behavior patterns with > certain flashes on the D is that the connectors on the D hotshoe > sometimes have trouble making contact. That would explain the erratic > results with some flash units. Mounting is critical. The AF 400T > doesn't mount on the shoe of course. It uses a cable that attaches to > the shoe. I think the weight of some flashes on the shoe causes them to > rock back and forth a bit, interrupting contact. Even the Sigma has to > be mounted carefully, and the wheel has to be tightened aggressively. > Paul > On Apr 1, 2006, at 5:34 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > > >On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Dario Bonazza wrote: > > > >>At the end of the day, I'm afraid that the only TTL flash working > >>well on the D to be the Sigma EF500 DG. > > > >And that's P-TTL, right? Or are you saying that it has a TTL mode and > >it works well on the -D? > > > >Kostas > >
