Not to mention it adds significant mechanical and electronic complexity with little benefit.
-Adam On 1/11/08, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The computing power for Power Zoom to work as promised with any > reliability, wasn't available in the size package Pentax tried to put it > in for any reasonable price at the time. I'm not sure it's available > now at a reasonable price. > > Adam Maas wrote: > > And smoking the same crack. Neither were exactly good ideas, and power > > zoom was actively bad. > > > > -Adam > > > > On 1/11/08, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Pentax and Minolta shared a few other ideas, such as > >> power zoom lenses and pop-up flashes. Their engineers > >> must have been very friendly... > >> > >> Rick > >> > >> --- Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Pentax got the idea from Minolta, who introduced > >>> their wireless flash > >>> system, complete with moronic channel selection, in > >>> 1992. > >>> > >>> Given the peculiarities of the P-TTL wireless > >>> system, I halfway > >>> suspect it might be a licensed version of Minolta's > >>> ADI metered TTL > >>> system. The two work (And don't work) in very > >>> similar ways. > >>> > >>> -Adam > >>> > >>> On 1/10/08, Peter Loveday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>>>>> Does the K10D have the wireless flash > >>>>>> > >>> capability ... > >>> > >>>>> Yes with firmware updates and with 2 > >>>>> > >>> limitations: > >>> > >>>>> * You can only chose channel nr 1 > >>>>> > >>>> Well, you *can* choose other channels on the K10D, > >>>> > >>> the same way as with the > >>> > >>>> *istD. > >>>> > >>>> Having said that, setting it is about the most > >>>> > >>> convoluted and unintuitive > >>> > >>>> way imaginable: > >>>> > >>>> The camera picks up the wireless channel of a > >>>> > >>> slave set to remote when its > >>> > >>>> mounted on the hot-shoe. So put the flash on the > >>>> > >>> camera, set your flash to > >>> > >>>> Channel X and Slave mode, then enable wireless > >>>> > >>> mode on the camera. It will > >>> > >>>> show Ch X (where it usually shows Ch 1), and will > >>>> > >>> work just fine on that > >>> > >>>> channel. You then take the slave flash off the > >>>> > >>> hotshoe and put it where you > >>> > >>>> actually want it... > >>>> > >>>> Whoever thought up this at Pentax should be > >>>> > >>> shot.... (what would be wrong > >>> > >>>> with just using a thumbwheel to change channel > >>>> > >>> while its showing "Ch 1" > >>> > >>>> after turning on wireless mode...) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> * No HSS in wireless mode > >>>>> > >>>> Indeed. > >>>> > >>>> Love, Light and Peace, > >>>> - Peter Loveday > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>> PDML@pdml.net > >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > >>>> > >>> link directly above and follow the directions. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> M. Adam Maas > >>> http://www.mawz.ca > >>> Explorations of the City Around Us. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> PDML@pdml.net > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > >>> directly above and follow the directions. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ > >> Looking for last minute shopping deals? > >> Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > >> http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >> follow the directions. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. > A union with the Bavarian Illuminati is contemplated. > When it is complete the Bavarian Cream Illuminati will rule the world > -- Anonymous > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
