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.