Recent content by Kris

Found it fascinating.

I have several 45cl4 units I used to use with my mamiya equipment. Excellent piece of equipment, and their Auto thyristor exposure cell was incredibly accurate. Much better than TTL when that first came out. Perfectly usable today on digital if you know what you are doing, but don't get the...

Esp as it's in London.

Came away with a feeling that it was not as good as previous, I have to say. Might give it a skip next year. Notably missing were profoto and elinchrom, among others. Nice to chat with our printing lab managers and hats off to the Canon cps manager who came up trumps for us. Or fill up...

I still miss thyristor flash. Such a shame it's disappeared. My metz was almost always bang on. My 283 was also very good. Only semi-modern gun i know that offers it is the Can 580exii. Edit - apparently, the 600ex-rt range of Canon flashes also offers it. Will even transfer ISO and lens...

The x1 and the x-pro ii (i think) have a single pin mode. Custom function 1 on on the x1 i believe. I use nikon x1 regularly on canons firing ad600bm models and it works fine with fewer, if any, misfires. Loss of ttl (no ttl on BM models anyway) and focus assist light is worth it for the more...

Only relevant for portraits, but your 85 will become the lens on mirror-less you always wish it were on dslr. Eye focus, no calibration... Feels like cheating. I willl never use a wide aperture lens on a dslr again.

I have six of them The front material yellows with age and usage, like many softbox diffusers. Well known problem. Easy fix is a very pale blue gel on the flashes you use to illuminate it.

Agreed But it's not cheaper if deciding later that you needed DC powered lights after all, even if only for one job, and having to buy again or rent. The AC adapter for the 600 / 1200 is excellent. The price difference between the qt to the ad 600 isn't that great either, mostly just the £100...

You can indeed, but it's more an 'active-charger' for the battery rather than a mains adapter.