Hi Paul, This caught my eye, so I thought I'd add something. The battery pack is the TR Power Pack III and is now available. It uses standard "C" cells. I have the older Power Pack II which looks exactly the same to me, but the 540-something manual says I cant use it with the newer flash "for mechanical reasons." Whatever that means. I've tried the version II with the 540 and all seems to work fine. Recycle times are significantly decreased. An email to Pentax gets some vague jibberish that says nothing at all. So I guess it works. I got mine used a couple of years ago for $90. I think B&H has the TR III new for about $140 or so.
BTW, what size Flash-Extender works on the 540-something? Bill Sawyer ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, January 7, 2007 8:16 pm Subject: Re: Sigma EF500 DG Super madness? To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > I had my Sigma EF 500 DG Super upgraded for the K100, because I > figured that would make it compatible with the K10D. When my K10D > arrived, I mounted the Sigma and fired away. It died. Completely. > No > flash. I'm going to send it to them, but I'm not hopeful. I needed > a > flash, so I bought the Pentax equivelant, the 540 something. It > works > well, but goes through batteries in a hurry. I thought I read that > > Pentax was going to release a remote battery hookup for this > flash. > Hope so. In the meantime, I also use my AF400T with my remote > Battery > II. On autoflash it works just fine. > Paul > On Jan 7, 2007, at 7:38 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > > > Quoting Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> Dario Bonazza wrote: > >> > >>> The flash fired every time [on the K10D] (clearly visible in > >>> viewfinder), but synch timing was obviously off. > >> > >> That's the same thing I saw when I tested it on my K10D, too. > I > >> worked > >> great with the *ist D the last time I used it, but I didn't > retest it > >> after putting in on the K10D. I'm sure hoping they come up > with a > >> firmware update like they did for the K100D. If they don't, > it'll be > >> the last Sigma product I buy. > > > > I hear ya Doug > > > > Dave > >> > >> -- > >> Thanks, > >> DougF (KG4LMZ) > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > > > > > > > Equine Photography in York Region > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
