What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
Wein products are always dependable. The reducer has a warranty and other photographers use the reducers for years without problem. I like my jtl because i have soft boxes for them and the novotron has reflector umbrellas.
The hotshoe provides voltage protection for your camera.
Cons
Once connected the unit fires the flash only once every 3 or 4 attempts, randomly. Intermittent failure on m-p 240. Not a good purchase.
Highlights
Quality
Worked as promised excellent quality built brings my old flash units up to date with my dslrs
In spite of the dedicated flash issue i am giving the unit a full count on stars because it honestly works for what i need
It would work with a film slr but not on my nikon dslr with the brand x hot shoe voltage protector
My vivitar puts out only 10v though so even with the wein im still not entirely certain that it will work with higher voltages
Price
The price was more than fair and shipment was extremely fast
This one does what we expect perfectly with a very fair price
The price may seem a little steep but not when you consider the price tags on todays brand specific ttl flashes
Packaging/appearance
The unit also has a special feature in the slot on the hotshoe
Competitiveness
It gave new life to my old reliable hotshoe strobes from the film era
I bought this to try out offcamera lighting on my old digital rebel
Even though i looked them up found they were less than the 250v my nikon d40 could handle wasnt going to risk killing my camera
Bridge camerait would be nice to have the point of view of some lumix fz200 users that have tried this sshssh on their lumix wi... Read More
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- This product had a total of 77 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 30 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Or are they other wnumbered weins products that would be more suitable for a lumix fz200
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
That camera does not come with a builtin pc sync socket
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I agree with another reviewers comments about lack of technical information on the device
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I joined the digital age just like most photographers
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I saw the wein products w990560 sshshs safesync hot shoe to hot shoe on amazon
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I suspected there could be some voltage issues in using the old unit on my camera
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Im glad i checked before i tried because i learned you can instantly destroy the cameras circuitry with the voltage at the hotshoe of these older units
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Some of the older flash units arent light and that extra strengh is needed
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