Mike, The unit looks a bit cobbled together, but it works fine and the AF360 is completely usable as a standard flash. Here are some of the salient points from when I made it. I'm not going to take it apart to take internal photos. Like all modern electronics it's very tight and delicate inside and should be played with as little as possible.
Here are some quick and dirty pictures of what it looks like. From above http://www.bluering.org.au/leon/flash/FrankenFlash4259.jpg From the front http://www.bluering.org.au/leon/flash/FrankenFlash4260.jpg The socket on the flash http://www.bluering.org.au/leon/flash/FrankenFlash4263.jpg Folded up http://www.bluering.org.au/leon/flash/FrankenFlash4264.jpg Electronically it's easy - 3 wires and a plug and socket. Mechanically it's tight and fiddly. The second flash tube is housed in the swivel head of a very old Metz flash. I initially used the tube out of the Metz as well, but it eventually killed the main flash transistor. I now use a replacement AF360 tube in the Metz housing and it's been working for about 3 years with no problem. The second tube is simply wired in parallel to the first via a mini DIN socket on the flash. Do not use a headphone type socket as this shorts out when being unplugged and you get a lot of sparks and mess. The wiring goes from the tube through the wiring on the opposite side to the tilt locking button and to the mini DIN. The socket is located in the only place where there is any room inside the flash. Be very careful how you run the wires particularly in the head of the flash. It needs to be out of the way of the mechanism that drives the zoom. The brackets are simply whatever I could find that put things in the right place. I'll rebuild the bracket with something that looks better when it breaks. The first prototype was made about 6 or 7 years ago using an AF240F flash with a broken hotshoe. It had no socket for unplugging the second head and had an old hotshoe from another glued on it's side to mount onto the bracket (yes the same bracket I'm still using). I used it with a Z1p and then the MZ-S before I retired it and upgraded to the AF360 to use the PTTL. This one is the second. Hope this gives you an idea, but don't blame me if anything you do kills the flash. -- Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon mike wilson wrote: >> From: Leon Altoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> I now have one AF360FGZ mounted on a bracket to one side of the lens. I >> have modified the flash so I can plug in a second flash tube which sits >> on the other side of the lens giving me a 2 flash setup without the >> weight of 2 flashes and the need to carry around 2 spare sets of >> batteries. It also fits into a smaller waterproof bag. > > Did you document this in any way? Would like to see pictures/specifications. > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
