You're thinking of the ME Super :-) The ME doesn't support even that
extremely basic level of flash automation.
S
graywolf wrote:
The ME will only set the shutter speed if you use a Pentax dedicated
flash. The Vivitar 285 is not a dedicated flash. Neither the ME, nor the
285 are TTL capable.
graywolf wrote:
>
> The ME will only set the shutter speed if you use a Pentax dedicated flash. The
> Vivitar 285 is not a dedicated flash. Neither the ME, nor the 285 are TTL capable.
>
> Use the 100X setting, or slower. Set the f-stop to one suggested on the flash
> dial, and the flash to that
The ME will only set the shutter speed if you use a Pentax dedicated flash. The
Vivitar 285 is not a dedicated flash. Neither the ME, nor the 285 are TTL capable.
Use the 100X setting, or slower. Set the f-stop to one suggested on the flash
dial, and the flash to that also.
--
Peter J. Alling
Use the 100x setting. The sensor is in the prism and will be blocked by
the mirror during exposure.
Ann Sanfedele wrote:
I have the Vivitar 285 flash -
THe ME has a hot shoe and a side thingy --
IF I use the 285 with it, can I use the auto
setting
on the ME? Or do I use the 100x setting ?
Will
It doesn't have anything to do with TTL flash or not -- the ME Super, I
think, was the first Pentax to automatically go to the synch speed when
a dedicated Pentax flash charged up. Unless the Vivitar is a model that
is dedicated for the Pentax, I think any Pentax camera using it would
have to b
Hi Ann
you can use the hot shoe or the thingy :-)
The Pentax ME does not support TTL Flash, set the Flash to an auto range
depending on the distance you will use, read the aperture setting on the
flash scale for the given distance and set that aperture on the Pentax too.
Set the Pentax to the 100x
William Robb wrote:
> From: "Ann Sanfedele"
> > can I do either hotshoe or side jack ? - sorry to
> > be so stupid about this
> > I hardly do any flash
> Either.
. or both!
Bill
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Bill D. Casselber
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