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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
12-04-2019, 07:16 PM
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My wife is a huge DeGrazia fan, and we have a few of his prints hanging on the wall. The gallery is an awesome experience, and I can't wait to visit again.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-04-2019, 07:23 PM
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Exploring the "Mission in the Sun" at the Ted DeGrazia "Gallery in the Sun" art museum in Tucson, Arizona.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
08-01-2019, 07:19 PM
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Both the camera and flash have the latest firmware. It's just odd that one flash mode triggers the YN585EX, while the other doesn't. I would think that the "control" flash is just a lower power version of the "master" flash.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
07-31-2019, 07:44 PM
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The pop-up flash on the camera fires, but the YN585EX doesn't trigger when the K-r is set for "master" and the YN585EX is set for P-TTL SP. The YN585EX will trigger when set for manual flash in S1 and S2 modes. I'm okay being able to trigger the YN585EX using "control", I just won't be able to use the pop-up flash for fill flash when in P-TTL mode. The YN585EX is able to receive the "wireless" flash communications transmitted by the camera to support off-camera P-TTL flash mode.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
07-27-2019, 11:19 PM
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I purchased a second Pentax K-r body, and can confirm that the camera pop-up flash will wirelessly trigger the Yongnuo YN585EX in P-TTL SP slave mode when the K-r is set to "control", but not when the K-r is set to "master". This must be the expected functionality between this camera model and the YN585EX flash, and possibly with other similar camera bodies such as the K-x.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
06-27-2019, 08:13 PM
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I purchased another two YN585EX flashguns to complete my basic home studio, and all 3 flashguns work in P-TTL SP slave mode when the K-r pop-up flash is set to "control flash" (option 2), but not when the K-r pop-up flash is set to "master" (option 1, default). Unless there is something wrong with my K-r, this seems to be the expected functionality between this camera model and the YN585EX flash.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
06-19-2019, 07:09 PM
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That's what I thought, but that's not the case for me. Everything on the flash works with my camera except SP slave P-TTL mode when triggered by the pop-up flash set to "master". The manual trigger works in S1 and S2 modes with both "master" and "control flash" camera settings. I read everything I could find on this model flash before posting my question here, but didn't find any reports of issues similar to mine. Thank you for responding, and thank you for writing such an excellent reference guide for the Pentax flash lighting system.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
06-18-2019, 08:53 PM
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I just bought a used YN585EX and the first thing I did was download and update the firmware to version 16-18. I can confirm that the YN585EX AF assist works with my K-r.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
06-18-2019, 08:31 PM
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I have a Pentax K-r and Yongnuo YN585EX. My K-r is able to wirelessly trigger the YN585EX in P-TTL SP slave mode when the K-r pop-up flash is set to "control flash", but not when the K-r pop-up flash is set to "master" (default) setting. Is this something that should be possible with this camera and flash?
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
01-13-2019, 03:11 PM
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Thanks for the welcome PJ1. The front focus issue is reported to occur only under low light, and especially tungsten or low color temperature light. It's interesting that the Pentax K-r received glowing reviews when introduced, but the FF issue wasn't discovered until the camera was in the users hands. There is a lot of information on this forum regarding the issue, and the failure of Pentax to provide a solution. Unfortunately it appears to be a hardware related defect, and something Pentax chose not to address other than discontinuing the model after a year. I understand that the company experienced a few changes of ownership during this period, and that probably effected their decision. I haven't received the camera yet, but look forward to using it.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
01-13-2019, 02:36 PM
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Hello:
My name is Scott, and although a long time amateur photographer, I'm new to the DSLR scene. I recently purchased a little used Pentax K-r kit for a bargain price, and this is my first Pentax. I've owned a few Canon film SLRs from the 80's, and have a Canon SX10iS, and a few other pocket digital cameras, but held out for a long time before getting a DSLR. I became interested in mirror-less cameras, but in the end decided that a DSLR, and specifically a Pentax DSLR will serve me best. I've read about the front focus issue that some report with the Pentax K-r, and hope that this doesn't effect my intended use of the camera outside, with a flash, or at night on manual for astrophotography. I've been reading a lot here lately, and have learned a lot in the process. This is a great forum.
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