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Re: [OM] Radio receivers compatible with FL-36R/FL-50R?

Subject: Re: [OM] Radio receivers compatible with FL-36R/FL-50R?
From: Rickard Nilsson <rickard.nilsson@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:02:45 +0100
Ok, I have never investigated it closer, I just sort of assumed "RC"  
meant radio control. Oh well, I'll have to look for some  
transmitters/receivers then.

Thanks for the info!

   / Rickard

Quoting Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Sorry, but "RC" in the Olympus literature means "Remote Control" and not
> "Radio Control".  All of the camera branded remote flash controls from
> Olympus and others use infrared signaling rather than radio.  That's why
> you have a line of sight restriction as well as a fairly narrow angle of
> reception as measured from the camera.
>
> If you want to use radio control you'll have to use any of several
> transmitter/receiver sets available but you won't get TTL control except
> on extremely high end units such as the Quantum FreeXWire
> <http://www.qtm.com/FreeXwire/>  Price is about $370/pair but then you
> need Quantum Qflash flash heads to go with them which can cost
> $1,000/head or more.
>
> Non-TTL flash control can be had fairly inexpensively.  Cheap Chinese
> made transmitter/receiver pairs from ebay for about $20.  Short range,
> not very reliable.  Alien Bees CyberSyncs for $60 (transmitter) and $70
> (receiver) <http://alienbees.com/remotes.html> and several other brands
> on up from there to PocketWizard at the top price wise.
>
> Dr. Flash
> who always says manual control is always more reliable and much cheaper
> than TTL.  Invest in a good meter instead.
>
>
> Rickard Nilsson wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The recent talk about using flashes on E-cameras made me think of the
>> possibility of using a radio receiver for triggering any external
>> flash directly from the E-520 (with its built-in radio transmitter
>> that can control FL-36R/FL-50R), without any need for a dedicated
>> radio transmitter. Is that even possible? Does there exist any radio
>> receiver that is compatible with the E-420/E-520/E-3 on the market?
>>
>>
>>    / Rickard Nilsson
>>
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