Will the DSMC have a hot shoe so that strobes can be fired with a pocket wizard?

[doondoon]

anyone ?

 

[MikeHedge]

that would rock

 

[Jarred Land]

we will have an x-sync (pc) port.. which you can drive pocket-wizards from directly or via a xsync to hotshoe adapter

( isn't it so convenient that those hot shoe adapter have 1/4 20 screw holes and we have a nice row of 1/4 20"s on top of the brains )

 

[Mike McEntire]

Hey Jarred any idea on the flash sync speed. Please continue to put the beat down on the comp and go 1/500 at least. That would huge.

 

[Jarred Land]

we actually have a few tricks up our sleeve...

 

[doondoon]

Hey Jarred any idea on the flash sync speed. Please continue to put the beat down on the comp and go 1/500 at least. That would huge.

Yes ! Neither the D3X nor the Canon 1Ds MKIII can sync faster than 200 or 250. I hear photographers and assistants bitching about this all of the time.

500 sync speed would be one of those little features that would put DSMC in a class with Hasselblad and Mamiya medium format cameras (which all sync @ 500).

 

[Mike McEntire]

That sounds great. Better start selling off the old and getting ready for the new.

 

[Robin Balas]

Yes ! Neither the D3X nor the Canon 1Ds MKIII can sync faster than 200 or 250. I hear photographers and assistants bitching about this all of the time.

500 sync speed would be one of those little features that would put DSMC in a class with Hasselblad and Mamiya medium format cameras (which all sync @ 500).

Except that Hassy sync at 1/800 and the Mamiya used for MFDB's sync at 1/90... The Rollei re-brands syncs at 1/1000.
Hassys that sync at 1/500 is the old ones which are hardly usefull for modern comercial studios as the tolerances are not good enough for critical focusing after some use.
MHO.

 

[Jarred Land]

you need to look at the whole system and not just the limitations of leaf or focal shutters .. The original Pocket wizards have a hard time past 1/250th of a second.. the new ones with Hypersync (which i havn't used yet) are supposed to solve that issue.

 

[Paolo Tinari]

the new ones with Hypersync (which i havn't used yet) are supposed to solve that issue.

Only with speedlights. Those are system specific, Canon or Nikon only.

 

[Jarred Land]

Only with speedlights. Those are system specific, Canon or Nikon only.

for now

 

[Paolo Tinari]

for now

Love it.

 

[Ellie Nasaf]

oh boy, I keep loving this camera by the day.

the possibilities are endless! The idea of using pocket wizards with some strobes to produce impressive quality using the DSMC system get me jumping off my chair!

when is the camera ganna be out again?!

 

[P Andersson]

maybe build a pocketwizard style transmitter directly into the camera

and put a receiver for a couple of lav mics in it while at it

 

[Pascal Scheffers]

You may want to consider not doing a PC Sync port, but one with a 2.5mm or if you have room to spare, the more standard 3.5mm mini mono jack.

Those PC sync connectors are pesky nasty things, a lot of people interested in off-camera flash photography convert try to avoid them. They fall out, they fail to fire the flash, pins break. Lovely. Converters from 3.5mm to PC sync cables are easy to obtain from any pro camera store if you need them anyway.

 

[Paolo Tinari]

Is all of the above not happening anymore?

 

[Paolo Tinari]

Ok, dead. So sorry.
Really.
Next time advise.

 

[Peter Staubs]

Come on, someone give me a sign, Jared... anyone from team RED. I really want to be able to offer our clients Red Cameras with the capability of syncing to strobes... that would be amazing.

 

[Carlos Prio]

I am desperate for a pc port!!!

 

[Carlos Prio]

Jarred,

tricks up your sleeve??? A mount for hassy lens??? So that I can use my leaf shutter lens to achieve hi speed sync???

Cheers,
Prio