Yes i know, they are not the same but cycleenergy has same feature as eneloop; hold battery charge for long time of period. .

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Added on May 4, 2009, 9:05 amoh .. but i know he is from lyn .. argh .. i can't recall who is him .. damn .. ..

This post has been edited by Seng_Kiat: May 4 2009, 09:05 AM

i used uniross hybrio too, it is supposed to hold the charge, but it sucks like hell:) haha i thnk its a brand and luck thingy?

haha .. i am not sure but so far so good ... ..

i was using energizer not long time ago and the battery just suck .. it only can hold the charge in 1-2 days or else, i need to recharge them .. ...

guys.. is it worth to sell a F42 for a F58??

@albnok, Braynumb: thanks guys

depends whether you need the extra features of F58
for me, I just need to flash only... so sticking with F42

yes, it worth your money .. buy 1st think later ..

i think f42 is good enough, at least for me:)

after changing to VARTA 2500mah, the batt lasted for ~ 1 month after the last charge ...

signither : Not it's not worth it! Don't sell your F42! Buy the cobra and keep the F42! Then you can do a 2 flash setup!!! Hehehehehehe

my 1st product+food shoot.
shadow on back side = FAIL.


otherwise its fun

need advice..

#1
currently used this battery

maha powerex 2700

#2
want to buy the second set of battery..is this battery ok?

powerex imedion 2100

#3
currently use this charger

MH-C204W




This post has been edited by hafeez71: May 4 2009, 10:39 AM

of course la bro... our siggy are not that sharp at the end 200-300... usually people will stop at 250mm..
yeap yeap... u want the features from cobra ar bro sig?
for me... i hate it i need to press the button to change the orientation//
with cobra.. just twist twist only... mwuahahha


This post has been edited by dingenius3: May 4 2009, 11:06 AM

vandechrome, I have not found my batteries to recharge any faster if I have higher capacity batteries.

I have 4 Energizer 2500 mAh AA batteries and 4 Sanyo Eneloop 2000 mAh AA batteries. Both take 4 seconds to recharge from a full 1/1 power blast (press Test, then wait for the light to come on again in 4 seconds.)

Do you mean that when you fire one 1/1 blast, then fire another 1/1 blast in 2 seconds, that second blast has much power as the first one? I always presumed that I will only get full 1/1 power again when the Test light comes on again after 4 seconds. I usually don't fire one shot then wait 2 seconds; I most certainly always fire 2-3 shots in burst mode of 5 FPS (so it's 0.2 seconds between 2 flashes). This is to lower the chances of blinking eyes (and have a chance to merge pictures where different people blink.) If I was to shoot again in 2 seconds I'd certainly have a hard time realigning the flashed images.

The Eneloops however are low-drain batteries so they still have power after a week whereas I don't know if the Energizers will. So I always prefer to put the Energizers in the flash to use first, then switch to Eneloops when the Energizers are finished. I always carry alkaline AAs as backup for paid events.

hafeez71, yes the Imedion makes a good backup set.

yikes... your flash eats up so many batteries...

Are you using your flashlite as a "lampu suluh" ka sampai drain all your batteries? haha...

If your flash is eating batteries:

- don't be a pixel peeper, use a higher ISO! ISO400 at least. People ask you to shoot events to catch the moment, not to pixel-peep at how sharp an uncle's moustache can be at ISO100 F8
- remove diffusers if shooting over large distances, it makes no difference.
- point your flash forwards instead of bounce for much, much faster recharge times.

vandechrome, forgot to note that I use TTL all the time so I don't have a good idea whether I'm at 1/1. Though I'm usually on ISO400 onwards so chances of that are lower. Also back on my old F56, I could hear the full recharge sound, but I know that I rarely heard it so I know I don't hit 1/1 in TTL much.

This post has been edited by albnok: May 4 2009, 11:17 AM

sanyo evo? how does this perform? can it hold it's charge as long as eneloop and be as powerful as other 2700mah batts?

guys... this is my first wedding pic.. i really dont know how to compose and still new to wedding photogs.. with my new 17-50 tammy:

(this one i PP) (NO PP)
(NO PP)

This post has been edited by alpha_company: May 4 2009, 11:43 AM

alpha_company, show us your pic with new toy la, tammy 1750 ... ..

i wanted to upload some picture from fashion on 1 but internet speed is killing me ... ;( ..

post the bigger pic..so that we don have to click 1 by 1...lol

This post has been edited by achew: May 4 2009, 11:51 AM

alpha_company, good that you're using a slower shutter speed to get the ambient colors and light in, but you need to use the white card on your flash to give some forward light to the faces. The shadows on the face are not flattering!

too small la dude, better dun use thumbnail for easier view but from what i observe:

the white balance in PP pic seems not correct.. n the panda eyes is there.. (this one pretty important too) try avoid this by using flash (pic kawinz).. u dun buy the flashgun yet izzit? the composition also look awkward wit chopped at their feet.. also check the eye contacts..

second that~