02-27-2011, 02:31 PM
02-27-2011, 06:38 PM
[quote name='haring' timestamp='1298817064' post='6384']
Which one has shorter recycle time? The mecablitz 58 AF-2 or the Canon 580ex II?
I would like to use the flash for wedding photography.
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On paper, the Metz is a tad faster after a full power flash (5 seconds vs. 6 seconds). However, how often do you use the flash at full power during a wedding? Usually it's a lot less, and I don't think there's a significant difference in this regard between the two.
Btw: both recycle a lot faster with an external battery pack (available from both manufacturers).
-- Markus
Which one has shorter recycle time? The mecablitz 58 AF-2 or the Canon 580ex II?
I would like to use the flash for wedding photography.
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On paper, the Metz is a tad faster after a full power flash (5 seconds vs. 6 seconds). However, how often do you use the flash at full power during a wedding? Usually it's a lot less, and I don't think there's a significant difference in this regard between the two.
Btw: both recycle a lot faster with an external battery pack (available from both manufacturers).
-- Markus
bryan conner
02-27-2011, 06:44 PM
My 54MZ-4 recycles noticeably faster with NiMh batteries than it does with alkalines.
It is interesting that Metz offers an external battery pack. I had to send my flash back to Metz for service a few years back. I used the crap out of it shooting weddings as well as high school football and basketball games. It was out of warranty and cost a $85 flat rate to repair no matter what the problem. I do not know what the problem was with it, but the repair center asked me if I was using an external battery pack with it. I had not, but the repair guy told me that the repair that my flash needed was very common with usage with the external battery pack due to over heating. I know that shooting football at night, my flash would get hot to the touch and emit some funky smells when using 2600 mAh NiMh batteries.
It is interesting that Metz offers an external battery pack. I had to send my flash back to Metz for service a few years back. I used the crap out of it shooting weddings as well as high school football and basketball games. It was out of warranty and cost a $85 flat rate to repair no matter what the problem. I do not know what the problem was with it, but the repair center asked me if I was using an external battery pack with it. I had not, but the repair guy told me that the repair that my flash needed was very common with usage with the external battery pack due to over heating. I know that shooting football at night, my flash would get hot to the touch and emit some funky smells when using 2600 mAh NiMh batteries.
genotypewriter
02-28-2011, 02:44 AM
[quote name='Bryan Conner' timestamp='1298832294' post='6386']
I used the crap out of it shooting weddings as well as high school football...
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Hmm I got an idea... what if, like they put video cameras on racing cars, if you could put radio triggered flashes on the players themselves? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> You wouldn't need very powerful flashes because there'd be many of them so the flashes themselves could be made rather small and be attached to the protection gear!
Taking it a step further, using multi-channel triggering, a lighting assistant could use flash compensation to isolate a player of interest!
GTW
I used the crap out of it shooting weddings as well as high school football...
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Hmm I got an idea... what if, like they put video cameras on racing cars, if you could put radio triggered flashes on the players themselves? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> You wouldn't need very powerful flashes because there'd be many of them so the flashes themselves could be made rather small and be attached to the protection gear!
Taking it a step further, using multi-channel triggering, a lighting assistant could use flash compensation to isolate a player of interest!
GTW