Metz 54 MZ-3 + SCA3702 with K10D

Zewrak · 04-10-2008, 10:44 AM

Hello,
I have aquired a Metz 54 MZ-3. Or rather I am able to, for somewhere in the region free-very cheap.

Now I wonder what functionality I can use with the SCA3702 adapter for Pentax. It has become clear to me that the new model of the SCA3702 will not work with the flash. What about the the older version? Can I use the flash fully with P-TTL and all that? Or will I be limited with it? Should I instead buy a Metz 54 MZ-4 and a new adapter? Or another flash all together?

Thankful for any quick advice, since this offer is quite shortlived.

Matjazz · 04-10-2008, 02:13 PM

Metz has some kind of "flash finder" aplication on their web site where you can find apropriate flashes for your camera. I just checked it and for K10D you ought to get one of the following:
48 AF-1P
58 AF-1P
76 MZ-5 digital
45 CL-4 digital
54 MZ-4i

Ben_Edict · 04-10-2008, 03:01 PM

Originally posted by Zewrak

Hello,
I have aquired a Metz 54 MZ-3. Or rather I am able to, for somewhere in the region free-very cheap.

Now I wonder what functionality I can use with the SCA3702 adapter for Pentax. It has become clear to me that the new model of the SCA3702 will not work with the flash. What about the the older version? Can I use the flash fully with P-TTL and all that? Or will I be limited with it? Should I instead buy a Metz 54 MZ-4 and a new adapter? Or another flash all together?.

No, you can't use anything like P-TTL with the MZ3 version. But you can use the thyristor automatic and it will switch the camera to its falsh snc time (if you want to). The A uto-thyristor mode of the Metz deleivers usually very good results (and you can even use exposure compensation, just set it in the flash menue and not in the camera). The MZ3 supports the older TTL-protocoll of the Penntax film cameras and the istD and istDS. All other Pentax DSLRs do not support this older mode.

If you want to use P-TTL, you need the 54 MZ4i - it works with the new adapter. But generally I must say (I have both of these flash guns and quite a couple more...) that the Metz A exposure is quite as good as P-TTL - both have thier limitations, though.

Zewrak · 04-10-2008, 11:44 PM

Thanks for your answers, both of you. I got a bit confused when I read there was indeed an older version of the adapter that worked with MZ-3. But information about the flash and adapter itself was nonexistant on the Metz site.

I guess I'll have a look for a MZ-4i.

04-10-2008, 10:44 AM	#1
Zewrak Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nowhere, Sweden Photos: Gallery Posts: 654	Metz 54 MZ-3 + SCA3702 with K10D Hello, I have aquired a Metz 54 MZ-3. Or rather I am able to, for somewhere in the region free-very cheap. Now I wonder what functionality I can use with the SCA3702 adapter for Pentax. It has become clear to me that the new model of the SCA3702 will not work with the flash. What about the the older version? Can I use the flash fully with P-TTL and all that? Or will I be limited with it? Should I instead buy a Metz 54 MZ-4 and a new adapter? Or another flash all together? Thankful for any quick advice, since this offer is quite shortlived.

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04-10-2008, 02:13 PM	#2
Matjazz Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: EU/Slovenia Photos: Gallery Posts: 774	Metz has some kind of "flash finder" aplication on their web site where you can find apropriate flashes for your camera. I just checked it and for K10D you ought to get one of the following: 48 AF-1P 58 AF-1P 76 MZ-5 digital 45 CL-4 digital 54 MZ-4i

04-10-2008, 03:01 PM	#3
Ben_Edict Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SouthWest "Regio" Photos: Albums Posts: 3,309	Originally posted by Zewrak Hello, I have aquired a Metz 54 MZ-3. Or rather I am able to, for somewhere in the region free-very cheap. Now I wonder what functionality I can use with the SCA3702 adapter for Pentax. It has become clear to me that the new model of the SCA3702 will not work with the flash. What about the the older version? Can I use the flash fully with P-TTL and all that? Or will I be limited with it? Should I instead buy a Metz 54 MZ-4 and a new adapter? Or another flash all together?. No, you can't use anything like P-TTL with the MZ3 version. But you can use the thyristor automatic and it will switch the camera to its falsh snc time (if you want to). The A uto-thyristor mode of the Metz deleivers usually very good results (and you can even use exposure compensation, just set it in the flash menue and not in the camera). The MZ3 supports the older TTL-protocoll of the Penntax film cameras and the istD and istDS. All other Pentax DSLRs do not support this older mode. If you want to use P-TTL, you need the 54 MZ4i - it works with the new adapter. But generally I must say (I have both of these flash guns and quite a couple more...) that the Metz A exposure is quite as good as P-TTL - both have thier limitations, though.

04-10-2008, 11:44 PM	#4
Zewrak Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nowhere, Sweden Photos: Gallery Posts: 654 Original Poster	Thanks for your answers, both of you. I got a bit confused when I read there was indeed an older version of the adapter that worked with MZ-3. But information about the flash and adapter itself was nonexistant on the Metz site. I guess I'll have a look for a MZ-4i.

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