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bgateb760 wrote:
1) Makes sense, and not really anything new with the big two -- everything third party has been reverse engineered. But then again, at the Profoto price (and size) point, they're not competing with Canon, imo.
2) Do you know if that was the case with all previous cameras? Did they need to reverse-engineer the new 150k pixel RGB+IR system of the 5DS/DSR, or were they given some help by Canon? If so, it's a bit weird that they're not helping with the 1DX2's new 360k pixel system.
3) Yes, that's the issue that i'm having with TTL on the 1DX2 and B1's and 2's. it completely blows everything out. It's not a huge deal, but having TTL to start with as a baseline and switching over to manual and being able to control everything with the Air remote is a huge time (and labor) saver.
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1) Profoto calls their B1 and B2 strobes the "Off Camera Flash (OCF)" which to me implies using a speedlight with remote. The Profoto stuff is very pricey but since I've had my B1 and B2 systems I've had no need for a speedlight and sold one of my 600EX-RT flashes and considering selling the other one.
2) I don't know
3) The TTL feature is one of Profoto's selling points on the B1 and B2. Not many strobes have TTL and I don't think any one else has the ability transfer the last TTL setting over to manual which is what sets the B1/2 apart from the rest. I think TTL is underrated and I find it useful in two cases. First - When the ambient lighting is constantly changing and like you said, to save time by using TTL to establish a baseline before switching over to manual.
The 1DX2 is still a very new model and I'm confident that TTL compatibility with it would be a priority for Profoto followed by Nikon's latest pro camera model.
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