First of all the price for your items are a bit low, you really have to look
hard. $80 for two T20 is ok, but the TTL Auto Con T20 is very expensive,
over $30 each. The 0.3m cord cannot be get at $10, I sold a used 0.6m at
$26.9, a TTL auto con type 4 at $30.
There is also a weight concern, the T20 is much heavier than T28, ok, it is
still acceptable and the price is still lower than the real thing. As you
have mention the hardest part is the flashes holding bracket.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "R. Lee Hawkins" <lhawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi all:
> I am reading through my Olympus VisionAge collection again, and ran
> across something interesting last night. In an article on photographing
> butterflies in VA #9, the author mentions using "a macro twin flash
> homemade from two old QuickAuto 310's". This got me to thinking...
> Imagine taking the following ingredients and using them along with some
> kind of home-made mount for the front of a lens:
>
> 2 T-20s or T-32s ~$80.00 (T-20s)
> 2 TTL Auto Connector T-20s ~$30.00
> 2 TTL Auto Cord Type T 0.6M (the spiral one) ~$20.00
> 1 TTL Auto Cord Type T 0.3M (the shortest one) ~$10.00
> 1 TTL Multiconnector Type T ~$20.00
> 1 TTL Auto Connector Type 4 (if you have an OM-2N) ~$20.00
> 2 Giotto Mini Ball Heads MH1004 ~$20.00
>
> Without the handmade bracket and the TTL Auto Connector, the total price
> is $180.00. This is less than the cost of the Twin-Head flash unit
> (without the T Power Controller) alone. Like some of you, though, I
> have most of this stuff lying around. For those that don't, I bet you
> could find it at lower prices than I have listed above if you looked
> hard enough. The hardest part would be making the bracket to hold it
> all. However, perhaps a commercial bracket already exists for a
> reasonable price?
>
> Except for the lack of modeling lights (which one could come up with if
> one were clever), I can't see any drawbacks to this idea.
>
> What do others think? Has anyone else done this?
>
> As always, please carbon copy me on any replies to the list, as I only
> receive the digest.
>
> Cheers,
> --Lee
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