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>As long as we're at it, how about a Vivitar 3700? I got it 9 or 10 years
>ago for my N2000, and it has a dedicated module for that camera. It has the
>same pin layout in the shoe as my new N70; obviously it won't do the 3D
>Matrix blah blah blah, but how about standard TTL flash? It does TTL
>metering with the N2000, and would Nikon have changed around their contact
>layout in the flash shoe in the past ten years? If I could use this flash
>with the N70 for a while it would help save my lithium batteries, and give
>me time to save up for a SB26 or 27.
Any Nikon-footed TTL flash should work fine as a basic TTL (or Auto,
or Manual) flash on the N70 or any other newer Nikon, as far as I
know... Just make sure it is Nikon-TTL dedicated (contact layouts
for other camera brands can look similar...), as your is (since it
worked TTL on the N2000). I would avoid using non-TTL flashes on
newer Nikons without knowing the approximate switching voltage
(whether roughly 10 volts, or a few hundred volts), since most
non-TTL flashes are the high-voltage switching type, and may
eventually cause damage.
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