Has anybody considered using the little flash that Pentax sells as a wireless flash controller with the bonus that it's small and can be stuffed in a photo bag for emergencies? I'm talking about the new Pentax AF 201FG Flash or the older Pentax AF-200fg flash. Since there is no built in flash with the K3 II we lose the wireless functionality. Rather than buying two of those electronic controllers, it might be more pragmatic to get one of these little flashes. They are cheap, serve as a flash when you didn't expect to need one and will allow the wireless function on my 540 flash to work like it did with my K-5. I started to think of this because I really don't want to buy the electronic controller and have two more gadgets and probably a need for eight more batteries. I noticed a used AF-200fg flash being sold locally. Has anyone tried this as a controller? It should work as far as I can tell. Is there a problem with my logic here?
Also has anyone else noticed that Pentax upgraded the little 200 flash? I wonder if there are other improvements besides bounce.
I started to think about this again because I was at a local Motorcycle Show and I tried to photograph a famous child who became Spider-Mable for a day compliments of the Children's Wish Foundation. She was very active and my K3-II let me down because the ISO was locked on 100. My bad for not checking it but the fix was to pull the lens off and put it back on again. I didn't realize the problem until I got home. However, if I had a little flash in my bag I could have made the image work. As it is, I had to do some major touch up on one of the 10 images to make it plausible as a keeper. I'll upload it for interest but it's not really relevant to the question.