ReyeR 0 Posted October 4, 2005 Inon has announced their replacement for the Z220F. As predicted it is similar to the mish-mash D-2000 but has a 5-pin connector. New INON strobes: D-2000W and D-2000Wn Web page (Japanese): http://www.inon.co.jp/cgis/news/wforum.cgi...w&page=0&news=1 Un-official translation (non-google): coming soon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jolly 3 Posted October 7, 2005 I find it hard to understand or to guess what the difference between those two models is ('W' and 'Wn'). I assume power is identical to the D2000, meaning a bit less than the discontinued Z220 series? It has been hinted from Mark Rupert here that there is something more powerful (compared to Z220) in the pipeline. So I guess it was not about these new D2000 versions? Julian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
herbko 0 Posted October 7, 2005 I had a look at the Japanese product pdf and found "20" where I expect the guide number to be. I do hope they have something with more power in the works. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jolly 3 Posted October 7, 2005 Herb, you mean a true "ISO50 strobe", right? maybe a more powerful one without all the TTL-manual / TTL-auto, etc. stuff for compact digicams. Julian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom_Kline 143 Posted October 8, 2005 I thought the 220F was a new model!! Seems rather short-lived. Tom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allen 4 Posted November 17, 2005 I wonder if Inon will work with Olympus so that this strobe will work with Oly cameras that have a bulkhead so that people will be able to get TTL directly. Although the conversion kits are a good work around to get TTL this might spark some greater interest. This would be especially interesting because the Oly SP-350 seems to gaining some interest with some folks for underwater usage and being able to use the Oly housing might be a lower cost solution to get TTL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jolly 3 Posted November 19, 2005 I understand there is still no real feature information regarding these two new D2000 versions. I would assume that the Nikonos type bulkhead incorporates not more or less than Nikonos type electrical signals as the Z220 series did. So I assume there is no other sync cord TTL protocol (like Olympus TTL) implemented. I think the new D2000 models continue to offer TTL for digicams via optical connection and wired operation for DSLR cameras (no TTL) or Nikonos type cameras. Julian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frogfish 5 Posted December 10, 2005 All I can tell you (so far) is that these strobes take the same 5-pin Nikonos (on the camera port end) cords (single or double) that the Sea&Sea DX90 does. I didn't realize that, ordered new sets cords with these strobes, and now find that I have a little more redundancy in the synch cord department than I hope I'll need (but experience suggests I will). Frogfish Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
