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I wanted to play with the Panasonic GF1 video. Yes I could have reviewed the flash in text but I thought it would be a nice video review of the quality of the GF1 Black and White Dynamic video. Put together quickly in iMovie and using only the on board microphone of the camera.
2 comments:
Great video review Neil; thanks.
If you're looking for cheap non-TTL flashes, I can recommend the Yongnuo YN-460 II. I use it myself together with their CRT-301P radio remotes, and it works great. Battery door is a bit on the flimsy side, but if you know this and take a bit care, it's wonderful. Never failed on any try.
A bit better, and not much more than that Lumopro would be a Metz 50, or its predecessor 48. They *do* speak TTL with all major cameras including Olympus / Panasonic, and they also are able to fast-sync just like the original flashes. So you'll get great power and reliability for much less money than from original vendors. Metz has a long tradition, and used to be a real big name before camera makers even started to think about flashes.
I measured my Yongnuo, and it seems to be at around 6000K. Cannot say much about variation tho, since I have only one so far.
cheers,
Wolfgang
Good suggestions Wolfgang. I'm going to be sticking to manufacturer flashes from now on I think. If I need to put a flash at risk I've finally figured out I can just put it inside a plastic ziploc bag. Or I can use the Lumopro and just pray it works. I had considered the Metz flashes before, but we have 6 different flashes right now so I think we are really well covered though I had never heard of Yongnuo, I'll have to look them up.
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