Metz dryfit: 2 plugs = 2 heads? at what cost to performance?

I have a Metz system (60CT) and I wonder if I can use more than 1 head with the dryfit. It has 2 plugs built in to it, so I suppose I can. But Do I lose full-GN shooting with 2 60's? Or half as many shots per charge?

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I am working towards a 4-head system and would like to be able to get away with 2 dryfits + extra batteries for portability, but NOT at the expense of power (GN loss). I want the extra heads to blow-out backdrops and get rid of wall shadows for my portraits (i.e., typical Avedon stuff).

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Does anyone know what happens when you plug 2 60CTs into 1 dryfit?

hi, shawn!

there is a special head, called mecatwin 60-40.

check out: www.metz.de.

excuse my bad english, georg

sorry, shawn!

www.metz.de contains no informations about the mecatwin. if you connect

the 60CT and an mecatwin, the GN will be the same, but you get only the

half of shots per charge. georg

Yep. The site's got nothing on the mecatwin. I just found a mecatwin

with no dryfit for under $150Cdn. I'm gonna phone the store and get

them to put it aside for me. Thanks a lot georg. shawn

Are there any actually <u>useful</i> sites for Metz products? Their

own site, quite frankly, blows...though they did seem to just add a

'get product information' page, which might turn out to be cool, if

only snail-mail efficient...and probably in terrible English...

You really don't need real powerful strobes to blow out the

background. I used two Morris slaves (the cheap round ones) about a

foot away from a white background on each side. Works like a charm.

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Marcus J.

I realize that :-)

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...But if I'm trying to get f11 with my subject (which I try almost

always to do), then I need at least f11 with a white background

(since it's a couple stops over human flesh anyways...), preferably

f11-1/2 to f16

for good measure...I've been toying with the idea of eventually

getting 2 cheapo Vivitar 285's and using them for even backgrounds,

and then use the two Metz units creatively together on ther subject...

>>a foot away from a white background on each side

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oops I missed your point altogether (long day...). How do you keep an

even spread so close the the background?

I did this a while ago. But mostly its trial and error or a lot of

Polaroids. I suggest angling the smaller strobs so that they cover

the background and the light just misses the model. Here is my test

shot of this technique. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo.tcl?

photo_id=12082&size=sm

O.K... I'm sorry but I guess you need to log onto Photo.net to see

this photo. It's there. But it is beyond my limited expertise to

connect it to the answer.

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Marcus J.