All this cordless TTL stuff aside. I remember T.Scales or somebody posting a
long time ago and questioning results with TTL on portraits. D. Fang pointed
out that TTL is not a the best in a portrait situation, but a good flash meter
and technique work best.
M.E. Bachofen
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On 12/20/01 at 12:54 AM Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>Ikelite, and perhaps Metz, Nikon and others have built flashes that slave
>both on light start and light off. So with one triggering OTF flash from
>any camera, the other flashes are also controlled. I think one of the Metz
>flashes on camera can also signal quench by radio. Have your $$$ ready.
>
>Haven't tried any of this, though.
>
>Tom
>
>On Wednesday, December 19, 2001 at 23:52, Mickey Trageser
><olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote re "Re: [OM] Cordless TTL?" saying:
>
>> That's exactly right. Tripping over a flash cord is most distressing.
>Plus,
>> Has anyone built a cordless TTL flash link for Olympus systems? Is
>it
>> possible at a reasonable cost for an experimenter? I'm not
>technically
>> inclined, but I have wielded a soldering iron and followed
>> instructions that include schematic and parts list. I would think
>the
>> rig would have to be very fast to relay the signals without enough
>> delay to affect the exposure.
>>
>> Just wondering/curious. It would be neat to go cordless.
>
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