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Veteran Member Registered: September, 2017 Location: Medellín Posts: 1,322 | | Review Date: December 31, 2019 | Recommended | Price: None indicated
| Rating: 10 |
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Got this from a friend who didn't have much use for it. Works as intended after cleaning the contacts and lubricating the auto pins.
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Veteran Member Registered: May, 2013 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,381 | | Review Date: December 21, 2017 | Recommended | Price: None indicated
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | Price & Performance | | Cons: | None? | |
Got given one of these with a few other assorted flashes, and gave it a go with a remote trigger behind an umbrella diffuser.
The 2x auto settings / manual setting switch is corroded to the higher or the two auto settings, but the rest functions perfectly well.
Recycle time is fast enough to match my workflow, but not for Spray n Pray 'togs.
Took a risk and tested it directly on my K-01 body, happily seeing the Flash Ready symbol popping up in the display, and a few test indicated that the flashes output is getting adjusted according to the ISO and Iris settings.
It may also be getting controlled according to the +/- flash output level adjustment, within the constraints of the Auto setting.
I'd rate this a a useful little speedlight where you don't want bulky kit slowing you down - add a small diffuser and it'd be ideal for event photography, such as nightclubs, guests at weddings, and indoor print media use.
Only negatives are lack of a pivot head and no manual levels settings.
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Senior Member Registered: October, 2008 Location: Great Plain, Hungary Posts: 204 | | Review Date: June 11, 2017 | Recommended | Price: $20.00
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | Powerful enough, backward compatibility, size, price | | Cons: | No tilt or swivel | |
I have had this flash for a few years now as a cheap alternative to use with my film cameras. Great little flash that is useful in many cases. With the AFT1 and AFW1 adapter its range and usability is even more extended.
When I bought my K-1 I was intrigued to see how it works. Pentax (as always) impressed me with its backward compatibility. I just needed to set the K-1 to Av mode, set the aperture as indicated on the back of the flash and got well exposed images. In some cases aperture value needed some tweaking + or - but nothing major. More like personal preference. The flash sets the camera to flash sync speed when it recharges. It was usually around 1/40 - 1/125.
Only thing I am missing is a tilting head (or maybe a swivel as well).
These flashes usually go for a bargain price nowadays as people think they belong to an era that is long gone. I think it is time to rediscover this flash and give it a new life in digital age.
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Forum Member Registered: September, 2013 Posts: 62 | | Review Date: February 24, 2014 | Recommended | Price: $3.00
| Rating: 10 |
| Pros: | compact, not expensive. | | Cons: | not detected | |
I win this flash at e-bay for 1 pound 
and 12 pound shipping
it will be flash for my son, bu I was using a little it previously.
it has fast charging and light-weight and has also 2 AUTO modes, shooting up to 7 meters distance and full manual full discharge as well.
Also this flash is fully dedicated for some film cameras, and to ALL Pentax DSLR.
If somebody does not need bounce or swivel head, and does need small flash - it is good options, or light weight remote flash with additional remote triggers...
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Veteran Member Registered: April, 2012 Location: Melbs Posts: 1,240 | | Review Date: August 17, 2012 | Recommended | Price: $18.00
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | cheap, bright goes ziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing | | Cons: | its cheap. deal with it | |
These are bought for next to nothing. She takes 4xAA is bright enough for what I've needed it for.
Buy yourself a TTL cable (sif you don't already have one) then you can point the dam little thing everywhere
Has a great Ziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing noise when powered up. so much so you can guess when its ready to blow by the tone it makes without having to check the "ready" lamp.
Dont be scared of manual flashes.. its not as if you are wasting film anymore... ..
And if you are shooting film, chances are you know what you are doing anyway 
I have a larger Metz 45. i hardly use it because of its size and weight. this goes with me instead. love it.
Oh. Trick. Cut a piece of A4 paper down to size and over the glass. you loose a stop but get a much nicer spread of light  | |
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Site Supporter Registered: June, 2008 Location: Florida Hill Country Posts: 17,377 | | Review Date: August 13, 2010 | Recommended | Price: $4.00
| Rating: 7 |
| Pros: | Simple to use | | Cons: | | |
Decent Power for a flash its size. The wide angle diffusers are very useful with this flash for wider than 28mm lenses on film and wider than 19mm on aps-c. It has a GN of 20 (ISO 100). It has flash setting of manual and auto thyristor. Dimitrov says it has manual settings of 1/4 & 1/1, but if it does I can't find it. This unit has a catalog number of 30015 not to be confused with the AF200SA that replaced it.
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Veteran Member Registered: February, 2008 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 4,461 | | Review Date: May 4, 2010 | Recommended | Price: $50.00
| Rating: 7 |
| Pros: | Compact, cheap on used market | | Cons: | No tilt or swivel | |
After my debacle with the underpowered AF160 I purchased the AF 200S for use with my MX and K2 cameras. Cost about $50.00 back in the day. While not a powerhouse with a top guide number of 20 it more than met my needs as a flash for portraits. The wide angle AFW1 and telephoto AFT1 were useful accessories. On the down side there is no tilt for bounce or swivel which presents some limits. A pretty standard basic flash for its era and suitable for use with older cameras not featuring TTL. Be prepared to calculate distance from the scale on your lens and compare it with the chart on the back of the flash. Kind of a pain in the ass but it does work in an old school sort of way. Recommended for those who like to fiddle with a flash but not for those who prefer everything automated.
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