m3rdpwr

<p>My water heater sprung a leak the day I was supposed to go on a first blind date.</p>

<p>Well, that never happened.</p>

<p>Now that new water heater is 7 years old and I'm horrified to think what will happen...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>I've had problems when putting labels on dvd's they no longer play properly.</p>

<p>My buddy seems to be happy with printable media, although the price isn't as friendly...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>Buy a better camera than that guy and than call him back and say no thanks... lol</p>

<p>-Me :)</p>

<p>My Elinchrom 400BX's still allow manual turn on of optical slaves when my CS's are plugged in.</p>

<p>Whether they will trigger that way is another.</p>

<p>Easy for me to test later on...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>My CS's came with the cables I needed to use with my Elinchrom 400BX's.</p>

<p>They work fine...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>While I won't tell you which, $425 sounds high for a 20D.</p>

<p>I sold my mint 20D months ago with maybe 11,000 acctuations for less than that...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>I guess it depends on your budget.</p>

<p>I'm sure the AB's will do what you want them to for the occasional portrait, etc, plus some.</p>

<p>I concidered buying them, but recently went with Elinchrom for other reasons including modifiers, accuacy, etc.</p>

<p>It's unfortunate that PCB decided to put the AB website in read only as this would have been a good resource for you to check out. I believe there is a flickr site based off this now.</p>

<p>In any case, I think you would be happy with either.<br>

If I owned AB's, chances are I would not buy their modifiers as I prefer the Elinchrom and Photoflex modifiers I have. I did however buy their simpler battery operated CS's and they work great at a good price.</p>

<p>Sorry that I personally can't be of any more help...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>The CyberSync's work well in general.<br>

(I have 4)</p>

<p>From what I've read, they work fine with Canon Speedlite's, but haven't read anything on Nikon's...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>Canon has a loyalty program that gives you a 6 month unconditional (supposedly) warranty.</p>

<p>I sent in my old S230 and Got a G9 in its place for half the cost of a new one at the time.</p>

<p>They G10's may in in circulation now on that program.</p>

<p>Do a search for "Canon Loyalty Program" for a phone number and details...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>I owned the the DL's for a short while and traded them up for 400BX's.</p>

<p>I just liked the better build and the tilt mechanism was stronger as well.</p>

<p>Heavy modifiers and DL's don't often mix well.</p>

<p>POTN talks quite a bit about this very subject...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>bhphoto.com and amazon.com.</p>

<p>Just about everything I buy comes from bhphoto because of price.</p>

<p>I find however my 2 DSLR's were not bought from bhphoto as I got it a bit cheaper through Amazon and Dell at the time...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>Weren't there coupons out there from Canon for the 5D that gave you a $200US discount on 5D repairs?</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>I have two of the Morris's as well.<br />The bracket is very strong unlike some others.<br />This strength has a drawback that it is heavier than others.<br />I would also recommend a Bogen 2905/026 umbrella swivel as it is very strong...<br>

Another option are the collapsible kits from Lastolite which are nice, but expensive...<br>

-Mario</p>

<p>Perhaps this will help you along...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p><a href="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare_post.asp?method=sidebyside&cameras=canon_g7%2Ccanon_sx1is%2Ccanon_sx10is%2Ccanon_g10&show=all">http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare_post.asp?method=sidebyside&cameras=canon_g7%2Ccanon_sx1is%2Ccanon_sx10is%2Ccanon_g10&show=all</a><a href="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare_post.asp?method=sidebyside&cameras=canon_g10%2Ccanon_sx1is%2Ccanon_sx10is&show=all"></a></p>

<p>If you click the link Bobby provided, there are a few reviews on BH...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>Too bad those things are sooo much money.</p>

<p>Cool idea, out of reach for most...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>I haven't had any problems with my CS's on my Elinchrom strobes.</p>

<p>I hear they work well with Speedlite's as well...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>Or you can buy replacement batteries at sterlingtek.com for cheap... :)</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>Yeah, 0015 looks like the one for a light stand.<br />This would be used for a shoe mount flash on a lightstand or similar.</p>

<p>You need 63 or 64 I think.<br>

Did you order that by mistake, or?</p>

<p>That stinks.<br />I think the biggest bummer is you will be delayed another few days.</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>Can you tell us which you bought?</p>

<p>Also, make sure the hot shoe adapter is on completely...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>The 7" Grid's from alienbees.com fit the Elinchrom 7" grid holder without problems.</p>

<p>Myself and another fellow photographer are using them without problems.</p>

<p>For the $100, you get 4 grid's too...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>On a seperate note and thought...</p>

<p>I find it funny that Adobe forces you to upgrade PhotoShop to support newer models RAW files.<br>

The old Epson P2000 displays the RAW files just fine...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>Places like BH will tell you whether they are the fan cooled model or not.</p>

<p>I know BH's should be, Adorama I don't know.</p>

<p>My DL Kit from BH in November did have the fans...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>Interesting.</p>

<p>I haven't tried my 40D yet with my P2000.</p>

<p>However, since it just copies files, it shouldn't be a problem.<br />Viewing the RAW files, is another question.</p>

<p>I usually have my camera setup as RAW + small jpg, so I guess it wouldn't necessarily be a problem for me...</p>

<p>-Mario</p>

<p>No offense.</p>

<p>I think we have all had a situation where we bought something and lacked that last tid-bit thing to make it work.</p>

<p>I recently bought studio strobes and forgot to buy the gel's.<br>

Now I must pay full price shipping.</p>

<p>Live and hopefully learn... :)</p>

<p>-Mario</p>