the shadows
at the bottom and adding the catch light. (I am yet to look at the
results - on the computer screen.)
Igor
> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:49:08 -0500 (EST)
> From: Igor Roshchin
> To: PDML@pdml.net
> Subject: Re: Flash for K5/K20D Metz or Pentax or ?...
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I've used AF540 for a little one and returned it (the
swivel/tilt was defective).
Then I decided to by Metz 58AF-1.
I've been using it for close to 2 years now, and mostly happy with it.
I've also used Pentax AF500FTZ flash with my ZX5n and *istDS,
so 540 was a little bit of a disappointment, be
On Jan 27, 2012, at 6:23 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
> Robert and Leigh Woerner wrote:
>
>> I am going to buy a new flash soon. I currently have the AF360 and want to
>> upgrade. Any thoughts/opinions/real experience with the Pentax AF540 vs a
>> Metz
>> 58 AF2? I am also open to other recommen
Peter
-Original Message-
From: Robert and Leigh Woerner
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 4:58 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Flash for K5/K20D Metz or Pentax or ?...
I am going to buy a new flash soon. I currently have the AF360 and want to
upgrade. Any thoughts/opinions
Robert and Leigh Woerner wrote:
>I am going to buy a new flash soon. I currently have the AF360 and want to
>upgrade. Any thoughts/opinions/real experience with the Pentax AF540 vs a
>Metz
>58 AF2? I am also open to other recommendations. I am mainly concerned ref
>reported build quality iss
I have to admit that I'm not really up on the best way to use the
new-fangled flashes of today. Before my long hiatus from photography I
used simple Vivitar 285s and Metz potato mashers with Mamiya TLRs (all
wy pre-TTL/PTTL stuff). That being said, when I shopped for a
flash for my DSLR, I didn
When the AF540 works, it can do a good job.
Mine has been in for servicing several times, the latch on the shoe
keeps breaking.
It will not stay in manual mode, and the user interface is cryptic (to
change slave mode, hold the light button down for several seconds), and
auto metering seems to g
I have two AF540's and I never experienced hot-shoe sticking (first
I've heard of it, in fact). I also found the build to be of excellent
quality. Most of the time these flashes performed well and provide
lots of light (about equivalent to a 300 watt studio strobe). The
rotating head is super usefu
I am going to buy a new flash soon. I currently have the AF360 and want to
upgrade. Any thoughts/opinions/real experience with the Pentax AF540 vs a Metz
58 AF2? I am also open to other recommendations. I am mainly concerned ref
reported build quality issues of the Pentax unit and hot shoe sti
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