Inet Shopper wrote: >> You can probably afford the 40 limited. It's very cheap (About 2/3rds >> the cost of a new FA 35/2 here in Canada) > > If you mean the 43/1.9, it's currently US$370 after rebate at B&H online, > while > the FA 35/2 is US$300 (but out of stock). Does your Canadian store have a > website? I'd like to take a look.
No, the 40/2.8 Limited Pancake. It's $299CDN at cameracanada.com, the FA 35 is a little over $400CDN. > >> Sigma 20/1.8. Massive, soft wide open, and expensive. > > OK I stand corrected. This IS a fast ultrawide lens. However, size and price > rule it out for me. > >> Yes, Auto flash works just fine, however the Pentax module is for TTL >> use (Your Canon doesn't do TTL at all, just Auto Aperture flash). The >> flash would need to have an Auto Thyristor mode with a non-dedicated >> shoe. It also needs to be low voltage trigger (sub-12v). > >> -Adam > > So I can just buy a standard (non-dedicated) module for the flash to use it > with a K100D? I believe the flash has a thyristor, as it recharges more > quickly > when manually set to fire at less than full power. Voltage-wise, Kevin > Bjorke's > strobe voltage page indicates the Sunpak 30DX puts out 4.6-10.4V, so no > problem. Yes. > > Thanks for the comprehensive replies, by the way. Much appreciated! > Benjamin > Glad to help. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net