> > The Quantum Bantam is a low voltage pack and cannot cycle > nearly as fast as a high voltage battery pack does. If you > liked the cycle times of the Turbo Battery but don't like the > weight the Turbo-Z is the Quantum for you. > > If you only care about flash recycle time, look into the > Canon HV packs. > The Canon HV packs cycle nearly as fast as a Turbo Battery > pack but don't last as long. But the Canon HV packs use dry > cells so you will never come up short on power if you carry > spares in your shoot bags. But, in the long run Canon's HV > packs are much more expensive to operate due to > non-rechargeable batteries. Of course you could use > rechargeable but this makes them expensive and you would > still have to manage recharging the cells. The Turbo Battery > packs require no special charging routine and can be > recharged anytime. > > HTH >
Chip's right on about this, if your main concern is cycle time. But the Bantam is noticeably faster than a set of AA's, lasts a really long time, and when I had to have the battery replaced in mine last fall it only cost me $25 including shipping. Plus it's MUCH lighter than any of the HV solutions, although a little more kludgy than the Turbo series. The other nice thing is that if you use other flashes or items, you can buy Bantam cables very cheaply. I have one for my Minolta 360PX and a universal kit for my my cell phone. And it all fits nicely on my old UPI grip-style flash bracket from the 60's :--). Tom P. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
