Thanks Peter, that's the kind of info I was looking for. I know the price is high, I was just looking for comments. Actually the GN of 53/ft at ISO200 is about right for what I had in mind, closeups and portraits with 2 units. These would be great for Markus and his clay figurines. The article you provided is one of the applications I had in mind.
TA Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 11:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Flat Panel flash > > > I've never used one but Jason Schneider of Popular Photography wrote a > review of them > > http://www.popphoto.com/article.asp?section_id=4&article_id=875 > > They are available from Sam's Club online for less than the one on e-bay > > http://tinyurl.com/59gcn > > I'd be interested but it doesn't look like it has a lot of power, about > the same as an AF280T > with a LumaQuest softbox on it, which isn't great. On the other hand it > seems to have a > built in slave trigger which would make it more convenient. > > Don Sanderson wrote: > > >Has anyone ever used a flash similar to this: > > > >http://tinyurl.com/4lrlo > > > >What do you think of it? > > > >TIA > >Don > > > > > > > > > > > -- > I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. > During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings > and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during > peacetime. > --P.J. O'Rourke > > >
