Originally posted by GeneV
Still bet there are a whole lot more people who need a flash than an astrotracer.
Need a flash and use the popup flash are two different stories. I still bet there are a whole lot more people don't use use the popup flash.
---------- Post added 04-27-15 at 10:00 PM ----------
Originally posted by rawr
It needn't have been either/or, I'm sure.
You are 100% sure? The camera isn't even out yet.. how can you be 100% sure?
---------- Post added 04-27-15 at 10:04 PM ----------
Originally posted by IchabodCrane
I think the issue some bring forward is different than you describe. With a GPS/astrotracer, you know well in advance when you're going to want to use it. Accordingly, you know to bring it with you on those occasions. The OBF is different as you often don't know in advance when you need some flash lighting so you're stuck either bringing a flash unit around all of the time (despite not using it much) or risk being caught with it. Well, anyway I think that's the crux of the issue around non-equivalence of the GPS and the OBF.
With a flash you know well in advance if you are going to want to use it or not too. You either bring it or you don't. In the case of a popup flash you are always, regardless of using it or not bringing it. So perhaps most don't even think about it. Take it for granted being there.
However, planning and not planning is the issue here it seems. The real core crux of the issue. In the future, you'll just have to think your photo shoots through a bit more in advance (plan) or carry a flash on you just in case instead of relying on the safety net of the obf always being there at the ready.
---------- Post added 04-27-15 at 10:10 PM ----------
Originally posted by reh321
The only possibly-useful Bolt-made flash I could find at B&H is the VS-510P. Is that the one you are referring to? The description doesn't make clear whether it can be used as a master. The price listed for it is $30 more than the Pentax AF201FG and weighs at least twice as much.
It also tilts and swivels, supports HSS, and has a much larger flash head (softer light, gels, and other modifiers support) and larger GN rating.
the obf is like the training wheels flash..