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SEF42a and assist lamp

Started Sep 10, 2012 | Discussions
lt48 New Member • Posts: 8
SEF42a and assist lamp

hello,

I just bought the SEF42a flash unit but i cant manage to make the red assist lamp work ... I'm using it with my nx11.

Thanks

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mathOS Regular Member • Posts: 232
Re: SEF42a and assist lamp

Hi,

Isn't the lamp infrared ?

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paulhome Contributing Member • Posts: 841
Re: SEF42a and assist lamp

i would be very interested to know if you managed to use this off camera. and also general impressions about it. info seems very limited

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OP lt48 New Member • Posts: 8
Re: SEF42a and assist lamp

Infrared ? I dont think so... I cant see the difference when using the flash or not in a dark space and focusing.

Paulhome what do you want know about the sef42a ?

paulhome Contributing Member • Posts: 841
Re: SEF42a and assist lamp

i just want to use a flash hand held. I dont really know much about using a flash off camera and im wondering if this will let me do so. I would like to be able to set power levels ect manually also, but i couldnt find where to download a manual for this flash.
im using a nx200 btw.

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Coldamus Senior Member • Posts: 2,281
Re: SEF42a and assist lamp

The SEF42a assist lamp does not work on NX. It has been discussed here before. I don't know why they put it there since it is not functional. Perhaps it works on GX series DSLRs but then I thought the NX and GX hotshoe layouts were not compatible.
Whatever the reason, it is a ridiculous situation.

Coldamus Senior Member • Posts: 2,281
Re: SEF42a manual

A few months ago, someone posted links to the manuals of the SEF15A, SEF20A and SEF42A flashes. I'm fairly sure I downloaded all three but they'll be on my other computer which I can't get to at the moment (one of my cats has nabbed the chair).
I will post back shortly.

Incidentally I found an explanation of why the SEF42A has an assist lamp but it doesn't work on NX. That flash was originally released with the Pro815 camera way back in 2005 so the assist lamp worked with the Pro815 but was not actually designed for the NX system.

Coldamus Senior Member • Posts: 2,281
Re: SEF42a manual

Ok, here's a link where you can download the manual: http://a248.e.akamai.net/pix.crutchfield.com/Manuals/305/305SEF42A.PDF

I'm sure the manual would be somewhere on Samsung's site but it is impossible to find there. The above link at Crutchfields' is by courtesy of Billx08 in a previous post.

paulhome Contributing Member • Posts: 841
Re: SEF42a manual

thanks. but it seems crazy that it doesnt work fully on the nx cameras. a tad annoying.

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