Dr Flash just confided to me that he always shoots in manual mode so the
position of detachable auto mode sensors is immaterial to him. He has a
Viv 283 with detachable sensor and a Sunpak 522 with detachable sensor
but has never used either of those sensors. Well, he professes to
having used the 283 that way once on a macro shot about 72 years ago.
But I wouldn't worry much about a Stroboframe putting the sensor very
much off-axis. The angle of acceptance for the sensor is pretty broad.
If you're shooting digital put the camera on a tripod and try the 283
on the stroboframe with and without the sensor plugged into the flash.
Then check the histograms. I'll be very surprised if you see anything
other than a trivial difference.
Chuck Norcutt
usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi, Have been bottom fishing for a Metz MZ3 or 4. (Have sometimes
> wished for more umph and choices of aperture.) Later occurred to me
> that the thyristor is non detachable unlike my usual Viv 283 which is
> often on a Stroboframe with a Lumiquest bouncer with the thyristor in
> the hot shoe. Wonder if that is much of an issue for auto mode with
> the sensor being so far off axis? I think there have been a few other
> flashes with remote sensors like the N$kon SB-5, though that is a
> potato masher style if I remember correctly from photos. I don't
> remember the T32 having a problem in a similar capacity, though I
> don't often use it like that as the removable cinch strap with the
> Lumiquest gizmo seems too slow and fiddly to configure with it.
> Thanks for any comments.
>
> Mike
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