Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-10-18 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, mike wilson wrote: Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: I think I am getting there. What do you mean by any connector? My understanding is that I am looking for a part that slides into the HSG hotshoe and provides a hotshoe to be used just as a stand for the flash. Am I right?

RE: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-10-18 Thread Trevor Bailey
] Subject: Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, mike wilson wrote: Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: I think I am getting there. What do you mean by any connector? My understanding is that I am looking for a part that slides into the HSG hotshoe and provides a hotshoe to be used just

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ (question for Eleanor)

2004-02-08 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Hal Sandra Davis wrote: Don't buy this stuff, it will collapse in a house of cards! Have you tried it yourself? Kostas

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ (question for Eleanor)

2004-02-08 Thread Christian Skofteland
PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 1:26 PM Subject: Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ (question for Eleanor) On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Hal Sandra Davis wrote: Don't buy this stuff, it will collapse in a house of cards! Have you tried it yourself? Kostas

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-07 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Christian wrote: There are several flash brackets by numerous manufacturers that are similar to the Hot shoe Grip set up and not so large as the Stroboframes. Great analysis snipped Thanks for the very detailed answer Christian. I had figured all that out from Boz's site.

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-07 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, mike wilson wrote: Not directly mounted on the HSG, no. But I think there is a 5-series hotshoe connector that is dead (no connections) for use on studio lighting stands. (Come to think of it, any proprietary connector would work - Jessops?) That on the HSG, flash on the

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-07 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: I think I am getting there. What do you mean by any connector? My understanding is that I am looking for a part that slides into the HSG hotshoe and provides a hotshoe to be used just as a stand for the flash. Am I right? I know all about the cables and the

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ (question for Eleanor)

2004-02-07 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Looking through the pages at KMP and the Pentax download site, it seems possible that the Off camera adaptor F (not the Hot shoe adaptor F) may be what you need. It is not clear from the photgraph if it has the ability to clip to a shoe. Eleanor? You can also see what I mean about the

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ (question for Eleanor)

2004-02-07 Thread ernreed2
Mike Wilson posted: Looking through the pages at KMP and the Pentax download site, it seems possible that the Off camera adaptor F (not the Hot shoe adaptor F) may be what you need. It is not clear from the photgraph if it has the ability to clip to a shoe. Eleanor? In my other reply I

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ (question for Eleanor)

2004-02-07 Thread mike wilson
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Wilson posted: Looking through the pages at KMP and the Pentax download site, it seems possible that the Off camera adaptor F (not the Hot shoe adaptor F) may be what you need. It is not clear from the photgraph if it has the ability to clip to a

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ (question for Eleanor)

2004-02-07 Thread Christian Skofteland
bracket for the 500FTZ (question for Eleanor) Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Wilson posted: Looking through the pages at KMP and the Pentax download site, it seems possible that the Off camera adaptor F (not the Hot shoe adaptor F) may be what you need. It is not clear from

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ (question for Eleanor)

2004-02-07 Thread mike wilson
: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 1:02 PM Subject: Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ (question for Eleanor) Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Wilson posted: Looking through the pages at KMP and the Pentax download site

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ (question for Eleanor)

2004-02-07 Thread mike wilson
Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 1:02 PM Subject: Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ (question for Eleanor) Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Wilson posted: Looking

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ (question for Eleanor)

2004-02-07 Thread Christian Skofteland
for the old 4P (mechanical? analog?) it would cost about the same. Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 7:19 PM Subject: Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ (question for Eleanor

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ (question for Eleanor)

2004-02-07 Thread Hal Sandra Davis
Don't buy this stuff, it will collapse in a house of cards! - Original Message - From: Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 6:31 PM Subject: Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ (question for Eleanor) not necessarily the digital

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, mike wilson wrote: You could just use Pentax analogue TTL flashes with your newer body. Does pretty much everything except high speed, trailing shutter and wireless. Thanks. Thing is, I just bought a 500FTZ from Jaume

RE: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-06 Thread Len Paris
I use a Stroboframe flip-top and an off-camera flash cable with my 500FTZ, PZ-1p and *ist D. It's a good thing. I just didn't think that you wanted to hear about Stroboframe, or I would have mentioned it sooner. Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Thanks. Thing is, I just bought a 500FTZ

RE: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Len Paris wrote: I use a Stroboframe flip-top and an off-camera flash cable with my 500FTZ, PZ-1p and *ist D. It's a good thing. I just didn't think that you wanted to hear about Stroboframe, or I would have mentioned it sooner. Thanks Len. I will see what I can find on

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-06 Thread Christian
AM Subject: Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, mike wilson wrote: You could just use Pentax analogue TTL flashes with your newer body. Does pretty much everything except high speed, trailing shutter and wireless. Thanks. Thing is, I just bought a 500FTZ from Jaume

RE: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-06 Thread Len Paris
Many folks feel that they are ungainly, unsightly, and would stifle their artistic creativity, if they ever used a Stroboframe. The Stroboframe has been the mainstay of PJs and wedding/event photographers for a long time. Also, I've mentioned using them quite a few times in the past. I hate to

RE: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Len Paris wrote: Many folks feel that they are ungainly, unsightly, and would stifle their artistic creativity, if they ever used a Stroboframe. The Stroboframe has been the mainstay of PJs and wedding/event photographers for a long time. Also, I've mentioned using them

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-06 Thread Bruce Dayton
You said that you didn't want to consider the larger brackets. That is the kind I use - to get the flash high and centered. Stroboframe quickflip 35, Stroboframe Pro-RL. HTH, Bruce Friday, February 6, 2004, 1:28:51 AM, you wrote: KK On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, mike wilson wrote: You could just

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-06 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: Thanks. Thing is, I just bought a 500FTZ from Jaume :-) Can't believe there is no matter for brackets, though the lack of responses in the list just shows it's so. Can't you use the HSG with one of the 5-series hotshoe whatsits and a 5-P cable? mike

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, mike wilson wrote: Can't you use the HSG with one of the 5-series hotshoe whatsits and a 5-P cable? Before posting (or buying for that matter!) I downloaded the HSG manual from Pentax USA and it says that Dedicated/TTL flash is not possible with the 240FT or the 400FTZ. As

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-06 Thread Christian
-flash would work with any body and any flash (automatic: flash has to have this ability). HTH Christian - Original Message - From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 12:36 PM Subject: Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ On Fri, 6 Feb

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-06 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, mike wilson wrote: Can't you use the HSG with one of the 5-series hotshoe whatsits and a 5-P cable? Before posting (or buying for that matter!) I downloaded the HSG manual from Pentax USA and it says that Dedicated/TTL flash is not

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-06 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Christian wrote: example: my LX (Analog body) worked in TTL mode with an AF280T (analog flash) and TTL mode with the AF360FGZ (digital flash). My ist-D (digital body as far as flash/ttl is concerned; I'm not referring to media) works in TTL mode with an AF280T (analog flash) and TTL

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-06 Thread Christian
define mechanical bodies My LX and oh-I-forgot-about-it-in-my-previous-post SuperProgram worked in TTL mode with the AF360FGZ. Christian - Original Message - From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 2:48 PM Subject: Re: Flash bracket

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-06 Thread mike wilson
PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 2:48 PM Subject: Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ Hi, Christian wrote: example: my LX (Analog body) worked in TTL mode with an AF280T (analog flash) and TTL mode with the AF360FGZ (digital flash). My ist-D

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-06 Thread Christian
Subject: Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ Anything previous to the SF series. Where flash is triggered mechanically. Christian wrote: define mechanical bodies My LX and oh-I-forgot-about-it-in-my-previous-post SuperProgram worked in TTL mode with the AF360FGZ. Christian

Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-06 Thread mike wilson
wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 3:06 PM Subject: Re: Flash bracket for the 500FTZ Anything previous to the SF series. Where flash is triggered mechanically. Christian wrote: define mechanical bodies My LX and oh-I-forgot-about

Flash bracket for the 500FTZ

2004-02-05 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
Hi, I noticed that the 400FTZ only works in manual mode on the hot shoe grip, so I guess that the same is true for the 500FTZ. Is there a grip for the 500FTZ, with a bracket to attach it to the (MZ) camera? The Cobra 750 has a very nice, very simple setup, which even allows the AF spotbeam to be