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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 216956" data-attributes="member: 12496">I am not familiar with it, but I would say it is of no use today.The manual is at <a href="http://www.cameramanuals.org/flashes_meters/sunpak_244d.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cameramanuals.org/flashes_meters/sunpak_244d.pdf</a>It says there is a version of it for Nikon&nbsp; (do the flash foot contact pins match your cameras hot shoe pins?&nbsp;&nbsp; Which is relatively less important since the rest is so out of date, it could not communicate even if the pins did match).&nbsp; And it says it does TTL, but that is old film TTL, and it obviously cannot do todays digital iTTL with a Nikon DSLR.Conceivably,&nbsp; old flashes can stiil do Manual flash mode with todays cameras, but its instruction manual says or shows nothing about other modes - only film TTL.&nbsp; I don't think this one can do manual flash, no menu to select or set it.And you surely want iTTL flash anyway.&nbsp; iTTL is automatic point&amp;shoot flash, like the cameras internal flash does.Manual flash means it is YOU that has to properly set the flash power level for every picture, to get a correct exposure.Which is not hard to learn, but manual flash is anything but point&amp;shoot automatic flash.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 216956, member: 12496"] I am not familiar with it, but I would say it is of no use today. The manual is at [URL]http://www.cameramanuals.org/flashes_meters/sunpak_244d.pdf[/URL] It says there is a version of it for Nikon (do the flash foot contact pins match your cameras hot shoe pins? Which is relatively less important since the rest is so out of date, it could not communicate even if the pins did match). And it says it does TTL, but that is old film TTL, and it obviously cannot do todays digital iTTL with a Nikon DSLR. Conceivably, old flashes can stiil do Manual flash mode with todays cameras, but its instruction manual says or shows nothing about other modes - only film TTL. I don't think this one can do manual flash, no menu to select or set it. And you surely want iTTL flash anyway. iTTL is automatic point&shoot flash, like the cameras internal flash does. Manual flash means it is YOU that has to properly set the flash power level for every picture, to get a correct exposure. Which is not hard to learn, but manual flash is anything but point&shoot automatic flash. [/QUOTE]

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