I'm here Dr. T; but it's a busy morning so I'm in lurk mode.
Charlie
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:01 AM, DrT (George Themelis) <drt-3d@xxxxxxx>wrote:
> It's been a few minutes and have not seen any messages from the list... Is
> everyone OK? :)
>
> I just got a T28 Twin macro flash, and T Power Control 1. I paid $150 for
> both (good, bad?)
>
> I think I read here someone saying that they did not like the T28 and that
> it is not built as good as other Olympus OM equipment. I do a lot of macro
> stereo photography and thought that something like that would be useful.
>
> Overall, I like the unit. Two complains only :)
>
> 1. The cords that hold the flash units are very thick and heavy. You
> cannot
> move the flashes too far from the control unit. I think a straight (not
> coiled) cord and maybe longer would have been better.
>
> 2. The modeling lights require 6V. The control unit runs on 6V. How hard
> was it to power the modeling lights from the same power source as the
> control unit??? To use the modeling lights, I will need separate power,
> which makes the whole thing too complicated.
>
> Despite these complains, I like the unit.
>
> I already figured a couple of ways to attach the flashes (I do not have the
> macro ring, but even if I had it, it would have not been very useful for me
> because I am using the unit with non-Olympus non-2d non-traditional
> setups).
>
> When I find some time I will post pictures of my setups.
>
> George
>
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