> and the T45 is like have a 454 under the hood of an old Nova. Cool ;-)
No substitute for cubic inches.
It is a little misleading. The T45 isn't technically rated any higher
than a modern flash--in fact it is rated about 1/3 stop less than most
of these GN54 or thereabouts flashes. But that's not the full story. A
modern flash gets that rating when the flash-head is zoomed out into
the telephoto position. The T45 is designed to cover an image area of
a 24mm wide-angle lens (53x74 degrees) and does NOT have a zoom head.
Inotherwords, where the modern flash casts a tiny narrow beam of
bright light, this thing is blasting that light in a very wide-angle
pattern. So this thing really is a flame-thrower.
Which is a problem.
I've never realized until recently that a flash can be too bright and
too much. It's a situation where I'm shooting some event and if the
light beam is narrow and focused on the subject, the audience isn't
much aware of the flash. But when that flash is essentially
bare-bulbing it across a wide swath of real-estate, that's when people
notice.
Still, I'm way impressed with it enough that I stick bids on almost
every one that comes up for sale. One of these days somebody won't
notice that I got one for $15.
In all honesty, other than the fact it has no modeling light, I like
it far more in studio use than my monolights. It's brighter, quicker
recycling and has a more pleasant color balance.
AG
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