Originally posted by Andrzej Makuch Neither Shanny (who must be with a cactus) nor RF60X for Pentax is a solution - it would be an AF 540 FGZ solution with a built-in transmitter and radio receiver and a separate Pentax TX / RX. It is a pity that the company does not notice users with flash ...
This solution is good for amateurs, unfortunately cuts the Pro segment ...
Technically speaking, your solution isn't "pro segment" either by your own definition. Not to mention that what your wish list consists of, just doesn't exist... Yet.
Even if it did, the only difference would really be a modelling light/video LED on the Pentax Flash and a built in radio.
All things considered, a Shanny SN600FGZ with 2 Cactus Triggers is 95% the same as a Pentax AF 540 FGZ with... You guessed it! Cactus triggers!
Now, keep in mind, any Pentax P-TTL compatible HSS trigger would work on either a 360, 540 or SN600FGZ. Is it the Cactus brand that makes it less pro? I just don't understand where the less pro part factors in.
There are quite a number of pro's who use flashes, I don't see how using Cactus Triggers with an RF60, RF60X, AF 540 FGZ, Shanny SN600FGZ, or heck, a Canon, Nikon, Sigma, NIssin, Olympus etc Flash automatically becomes less "pro".
I guess to actually be a "pro" we should all run out and just by 600+ watt Lithium powered strobes. Unless you want to walk around with battery packs.
Or maybe I'm just naive and don't get anything...
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Originally posted by mcgregni How much would you be willing to pay for an OEM Pentax dedicated P-TTL Radio system (special trigger or built in to the flagship DSLRs), plus the new flash unit with built in radio receiver? And how about if you needed more than one flash ? (not much point in such a system for only one flash ....).
Let's bear in mind the price of the Canon equivalents, plus the mostly frugal nature of Pentax flashers.
Cactus offers all of this now at a mid price range. I would love to have beautiful Pentax Radio flash equipment to match up with my Pentax lenses and camera, it would all look so nice together ..... But will Ricoh market researchers ever be able to have the confidence to develop it?
I agree and they may not actually have the resources to create a trigger, but hopefully since they've warmed up to having engineers work with PIXEL to make a trigger (unfortunately it only works with their own strobe) other 3rd party companies will be able to develop solutions. The only other issue is market share, we simply are a very small market compared to CaNikOny so the return on investment just isn't there to make it a viable business ROI for many 3rd parties. It sucks and we can wish all we want, but at least Cactus somehow pulled it off and saw the value and at the end of the day, we should all be happy about that given the features of the Cactus Trigger system.