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Color temperature —————— Daylight (Suited for daylight color film)
Effective flash range ————— Approx. 0.7 m - 5.4 m (Guide No. 30, ISO 100, f/5.6)
AF spotbeam ———————— Red beam emitted under low light or low-contrast conditions.
Effective range: Approx. 1 m - 7 m (According to Pentax's testing conditions.)
Compatible film speed ———— ISO 25 - 1600
Flash modes ———————— P-TTL auto, TTL auto, auto, manual.
Flash exposure compensation — In P-TTL mode, -3.0 to +1.0 steps (0.5-step increments)
With wireless slave: [1/1 → 2/3 → 1/2 → 1/3]
Flash amount setting ————— With wireless slave: [1/1 → 2/3 → 1/2 → 1/3]
Manual: [1/1 → 1/2 → 1/4 → 1/8 → 1/16 → 1/32]
Flash sync mode ——————— Leading-shutter-curtain sync, Trailing-shutter-curtain sync, Contrast-
control-sync, High-speed-sync, modeling flash
Wireless flash ———————— [Control system] Optical pulse transmission
[Wireless position] Master [M], control [C], slave [S]
[Channels] 1 to 4
Compatible modes: P-TTL, auto [A], manual [M]
Effective range: Approx. 4 m (According to Pentax testing conditions.)
Bounce flash ———————— Vertical bounce possible, click stops provided, lock provided at 0°.(-10°,
0°, 45°, 60°, 75°, 90°)
Power saving ————————
Automatic power-off: After approx. 3 min. of non-operation with the power [ON],
6 minutes in Auto,
After 1 hour in the wireless mode.
Power quick-on: By pressing the camera's shutter button halfway
Red-eye reduction ——————
Operates with autofocus cameras equipped with red-eye reduction feature.
Modeling flash ———————— [MODELING] button fires flash consecutively for 1 second.
Wide-angle panel —————— Pull out manually and flash zoom position sets to 20mm.
Catchlight panel ——————— Pull out manually.
LCD panel illumination ———— [LIGHT] button illuminates the LCD panel for about 10 sec. or press
button again to turn it off.
Power source ———————— Size-AA batteries × 4, Alkaline LR6, Nickel Hydroxide (Ni-MH), or lithium FR6
Dimensions and weight ———— 70 mm (W) × 110 mm (H) × 115.5 mm (T) (2.8'' × 4.3'' × 4.5'')
270 g (9.6 oz) without batteries
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Type ———————————— Clip-on, TTL auto zoom flash unit with serial control
Guide No. —————————— In manual mode, six-step adjustment from 1/1 to 1/32.
Flash duration (1/2 peak each)— [M1/1] flash: Approx. 1/1200 sec. Fastest duration time: Approx. 1/20000 sec.
Recycling time/Total flashes ——
Consecutive Discharge ———— Approx. 2 frames/sec. for 50 times, at M 1/16 output (with alkaline LR-6
batteries)
Flash Coverage Angle ———— Auto zoom enabled with autofocus compatible camera and lens
combination.
MAJOR SPECIFICATIONS
*Wide-angle panel used.
Focal Length (Zooming position)
85mm 70mm 50mm 35mm 28mm 24mm 20mm*
[M 1/1] [=FULL] 36 33 30 25 22 21 14
[M 1/2] 25 23 21 18 16 15 10
[M 1/4] 18 16.5 15 12.5 11 10.5 7
[M 1/8] 12.5 11.5 10.5 9 8 7.5 5
[M 1/16] 9 8 7.5 6 5.5 5 3.5
[M 1/32] 6 5.5 5.4 4.3 4 3.6 2.5
Battery Type Recycling Time Flashes
Alkaline [LR6] Approx. 6 sec. Approx. 250
Nickel Hydroxide [Ni-MH] Approx. 6 sec. Approx. 160
Lithium [FR6] Approx. 6 sec. Approx. 300
Zooming position
85mm 70mm 50mm 35mm 28mm 24mm 20mm*
Vertical
23° 26° 34° 45° 53° 60° 85°
Coverage
Horizontal
31° 36° 46° 60° 70° 78° 98°
Coverage
[ISO 100]
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