I have a Sigma EF500DG Super that I have used very rarely with the K-5 (the sensor being so good); but it has done well. The K-5's flash features are well supported. My best results have been in slave mode with the pop-up as the trigger. Getting the channels sorted out is a bit of a pain (despite instructions translated from Chinese, via Gaelic and Inuit), but it has worked very well.
This shot (from a photo booth at a church holiday party) was ISO 800, 1/90, f/4, Sigma flash bounced off a projection screen at camera left, camera flash in controller mode: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17927209 The EF610DG Super is the current model. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 1:13 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > > Collin B wrote: >> >> I need to re-shoot some of my new daughter-in-law/her mother pre-wedding >> shots. >> The originals, not by me, were done with her mother's hair still in >> curlers. >> My assigned task is to reshoot them. >> But I really do want something better than the pop-up flash on the K5. >> Lens will be either the F50/1.7 or the FA28/2.8, though the FA28-105 may >> be >> used as it's respectable. >> Anyway. I've not gotten a digital flash before. What's a recommended unit >> suitable for the K5 that will give quality results. > > > You're going to need a really big opener for that can of worms. > > It's my experience that it's harder to learn to get good results from a > flash, than it is to learn to use a camera. Once again I'll suggest the > book "Light, Science and Magic". I'll also suggest that if you can, you will > want to get the flash off the camera and use radio triggers. The yongnuo > triggers are cheap and reliable. Unfortunately I have not had nearly as > good of luck with their speedlights. The YN560IV is an awesome manual flash, > for about a month, until it stops working. > > I had horrible luck with my fgz540, but other people have had better luck. I > am curious about the fgz540-II. I've got a metz 58, and it's serviceable. > > If you don't need TTL, you may want to check out the lumopro > https://mpex.com/demo-lumopro-lp180-flash.html > > Or their radio control version > https://mpex.com/lumopro-lp180r-off-camera-flash.html > >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
