Going through the e-mail that accumulated during my trip to USA now...
Probably will be doing so for few more weeks give or take.
I think, Larry, that you're right with one exception. I think that the
flash have to be triggered by wired connection. So that it ensures that
flash fires exactly when you want it to fire and not some time in the
future depending on the connection state.
Admittedly I find myself thinking more and more in terms of conservative
technology and less and less about bells and whistles of modern day.
E.g. I find it refreshing that my Ricoh GXR has no image stabilization
and that the lens has only one focal length being relatively simple
optical design...
On 9/18/2012 8:22 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
I think that the vast majority of problems that I have with my flash
have to do with the physical connection between the camera and the
flash.
If the camera bodies and flashes were both equipped with wifi it
would open a tremendous number of opportunities. Of course, the
right way to do this would be a communications standard so that
things would work across brands.
This would also have an advantage of wifi tethering and control of
both bodies and flashes. Being able to control everything from one
laptop.
I'd also love to be able to use the same battery in my flash as my
K-5. I'd do it as "standard" battery format, bigger than any of the
ones in the cameras, that would fit in all grips and flashes. It
would also be possible to make an adapter so you could use the K-5
battery, or the K20, K-foo, or whatever new battery was developed.
Of course an extended life battery that just fit in grips and flashes
would also be nice.
Unfortunately, Pentax hasn't hired me to design and develop new
products and features, so I don't see these things coming in the near
future.
-- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est
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