That sounds kind of like what I'm talking about except that all I'm looking for is the battery pack/handle. I already have a 550ex that I want to mount on top of it.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Malcolm > Stewart > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 12:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Flash Options for EOS3 > > > Replies inserted below... > > M Stewart Milton Keynes, UK > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 5:26 PM > Subject: RE: Flash Options for EOS3 > > > > Hi Alan, > I think I've got what you're describing. It's the Cobra 700AF and it's a > third party flash dedicated to different AF camera ranges. It can take a > total of 8 AA cells, 4 in the flash and 4 in the handle. The head zooms > manually from 28 to 85 mm coverage, and it tilts from horizontal to > vertical, and can rotate from -180 deg. to + about 165deg. through 0 deg. > which is straight ahead. There's a removable and lockable foot which > connects with the camera's hot shoe, and this can either be mounted under > the flash gun or under a separate unit containing a 2nd. AF > illuminator, and > linked by curly cable to the flash which then sits atop the handle. > (Couldn't find any pictures on the web.) > (The dedication I was told is in the flash gun so simply changing the foot > by itself will not get you from Nikon to Canon fit.) > Does it work - yes, using the TTL flash system built into most > recent Canon > SLRs. Before getting my 380EX I used it quite a bit and exposures seemed > quite accurate. Guide number is about 40m at 100 ISO and with > the zoom set > to 85mm, about 30m with the zoom set to 50mm coverage. So, not very > powerful for its size. It comes with a flash bracket linking camera with > handle unit- thus looking a bit like a PRO's gun of yester-year!. > The finish is serviceable rather than luxury - fewer worries about > scratching it, but then I now use my 550EXs in preference. (see > www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk for wireless ratio flash examples.) > * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
