Minolta flash technology, particularly for wireless connections, has
shamed everyone else for years. IMO and experience Canon only
recently offered products that provide consistent TTL performance. I
still prefer to control the whole process manually and use Quantum
slaves for communication between flashes.
ScottGee1
On 3/3/06, Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, after realizing that PMA 2006 was once again going to
> disappoint me re: the announcement of a new Olympus high-end pro
> digital camera in their E-thingie series, I went and pulled the
> trigger on most every accessory you can buy for my KonicaMinolta A1
> to extend its working life. While all of them have some niftiness
> factor, the single most-impressive has to be the KM 5600HS(D) flash I bought.
>
> This is KM's highest-end flash. When I started playing with it, all
> I could keep thinking to myself was "wow."
>
> This flash has more *test* modes than my Oly T32s or Vivitar 283s
> have, uh, modes, period. Why the Hell can't all manufacturers build
> flashes like this? Its wireless mode is a revelation (it uses
> barely-perceptible high-speed pulses of light to communicate with
> off-camera flashes [and the camera, natch] rather than a radio
> solution, which really makes setting up a portable studio
> easy). It's got built-in zoom, a built-in ultra-wide-angle diffuser
> panel which can be flipped up and stowed in a slot at the top of the
> flash, and enough digital smarts to put the Apollo space program to
> shame. (Speaking of shames, I suspect this solution will be lost to
> the marketplace forever, now that KM's folded up shop.) It does
> ratio flash. It does focus-distance-integration as well as "normal"
> TTL and straight manual ratios. I suspect it would cook dinner for
> me if I could only find the right mode.
>
> I've always been an available-light kinda guy, and have worked with
> flash only reluctantly, believing it to have a huge PITA factor. Yet
> this wee beastie's got me excited about trying studio-type flash
> photography again. (KM's macro ring flash is another cool item I
> bought about a year ago -- we *need* more solutions like this!)
>
> Oly? Panasonic? Reverse-engineer this thing! Or pay for the patent...
>
>
> Garth
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