On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: > >>> >>> 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.
Consider me convinced, Stan. Glad your flash survived and looking forward to seeing your shot in the PUG. -- -bmw -- 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.
