Yeah, I'm a little sorry I didn't wait for a Metz 60. I bid on a couple but never landed one for a price I could afford. Although I have to say the AF 400T is ideal with the LX. And I can live with it on the 6x7. I'm surprised they didn't design it so that you could use it in auto mode with the head pointing rearward. Even my old Honeywell Strobonar 890 can do that. (Actually, those old Honeywell potato mashers were great units. It's just hard to keep them working now that they're thirty years old or so. I still have one that I use as a slave now and then. I think it's a stop or three more powerful than the AF 400T.) Paul
William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Stenquist > Subject: Re: AF 400T swivel head > > > Rotating it in the bracket is basically what I do when using > the AF400T > > with my 6x7 and the soft shoulder reflector. I just mount the > flash on > > the soft shoulder so it's pointing backwards. Then I set it to > manual > > and determine my stop with a flash meter. It's just a couple > of extra > > steps. But TTL is awesome. My LX nails every exposure in TTL > mode. You > > can't ask for more than that. > > My understanding of the manual (is that the best they can do? > The pages aren't even straight) is that the head itself cannot > be rotated 180�. Have you thought about pointing the head > straight up and attaching a reflector to it to direct the light > forwards? > FWIW, the Metz 45 and 60 series can do precisely what you want. > The 60 series can run multiple heads off a single power pack as > well, although recycle times are pretty slow. > > William Robb
