>> >> On 8/27/2013 6:40 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>> >>> The LED add-on to the flash is a brilliant move, and way more useful >>> than the WR waterproofing. I understand the motivation to cement WR as >>> a brand-wide thing, but it's unlikely to be of very much practical use >>> to anyone. Brightly lit raindrops or snowflakes anyone?
I think Tanya already spoke to one reason for WR. In my case, I had several opportunities to get my 360 quite wet earlier this month. Early morning dewy meadows, handholding the flash to backlight insects or flowers, needed to set the flash down on the wet ground a few times. On the beach (actually, in the lake) after sunset, 30sec time exposures, manually firing the flash just above the water level to highlight the wave caps on the lake. Near a small waterfall, 6-10 sec exposures, handheld flash near the base of the falls to freeze some of the water. (I've entered an example of this in the September PUG.) The flash survived, I had no problems, but my anxiety level would have been considerably lower with a WR flash. stan >>> >>> But the constant light source for video is unique in speedlights and >>> will probably get copied. Well, well: somebody's actually awake in >>> their R&D department. >>> >>> I like that the new flash models are reduced in height too. The >>> original 540 is too tall to fit in my Westcott mini softbox and I'm >>> using an old AF200 instead. >>> >>> I don't like that the focus assist function only works with the latest >>> camera bodies. FA works just fine on the old AF540 with my K20D. >>> >>> I also don't like that the prices are (still) so high for both models. >>> Not good value. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Dario Bonazza >>> <dario.bona...@virgilio.it> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/27/ricoh-introduces-weather-resistant-flash-units?utm_campaign=internal-link&utm_source=news-list&utm_medium=text&ref=title_0_1 >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/27/ricoh-announces-hd-update-to-pentax-limited-primes-15mm-f4-21mm-f32-35mm-f28-macro-40mm-f28-70mm-f24?utm_campaign=internal-link&utm_source=news-list&utm_medium=text&ref=title_0_0 >>>> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
