Nissin announced the release of the i40 for Micro Four Thirds. Full product information about the new flash can be read here (google translated): Nissin-Japan. The flash will be sold soon mostly [shoplink 46647 ebay]via eBay sellers[/shoplink].
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Thanks Masato O. for finding and sharing this!
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This looks good: let just see if it is the same price as the Nikon/Canon version or more expensive because it is M43?
The website shows the msrp at about 20,000 JPY, or $200.
OK; thanks, I think that is about the same
It’s not all roses. Looks like you’ll have a difficult time putting on flash modifiers
What do you have in mind? All I need is a white diffusion dome and a bounce card. I gave up on whiz-bang mods long ago.
No gels? Never? No brollies? Tell me more about the pro cameras you used to shoot, before moving to m43. You seem to know a lot… LOL
Mr. Digital Courage hiding behind an alias thinks gels and umbrellas can’t be used with this flash. Priceless.
You wrote “All I need is a white diffusion dome and a bounce card. I gave up on whiz-bang mods long ago.” There is no mention of gels and brollies. Explain that auntie, we are curious.
Yeah another clueless teenager debunked!
If you think gels and brollies are “whiz-bang”, you haven’t been on this planet very long. But then, we already knew that by the way you try to inject yourself into grown-up conversation like a bratty four-year-old. The only mods you can’t use with this flash are the overpriced exotics that are made to fit specific flash heads. Most of them just do the same thing as a dome or bounce card. For the rest, some gaffer tape should do the trick.
If you want me to teach you more, you’ll have to come out from behind your mother’s apron, use your real name, and tell us where we can see your work. Meantime, prove you’re not totally ignorant by telling us exactly what essential mods can’t be used with this flash.
Leave mum alone! But it’s true, I wanted to be mean, sorry, but your lack of clarity pushed me off the cliff. Sorry mate.
I appreciate your apology. The issue isn’t lack of clarity, it’s lack of curiosity. Nothing I said pushed you off a cliff. You jumped.
Since when is there a “Micro Four Thirds” flash standard? There isn’t, and that’s why the translated page says “Four Thirds”. Why is this news item written to give the impression the flash wouldn’t be good for Four Thirds cameras?
Seriously? I think that you as 43 user are interpreting too much, way too much. I support you that 43 is the standard, but this news was definitely not intended to give that impression you mentioned. Admin should have said that it is going to support 43 as well as m43 (but then how many of you guys are left compared to the m43 crowd ;)).
I hope we can get confirmation from Nissin that it will also work for m43 as well, otherwise this could leave doubt in many potential buyers.
According to this, it will work with both 43 and m43 cameras. See page 4:
http://nissin.weblogs.jp/download/Nissin_Compatibility_Chart_rev25.pdf
Don’t Olympus and Panasonic m43 cameras have the same flash pins as the 43, which is the OM standard? It’s not m43 standard, per se, I guess…
J Shin, this is not the OM standard and never was, in fact the OM flashes will only function in normal flash controlled mode or manual mode when used on a 4/3 or u4/3 camera, or any of the digital models Olympus has. I have a number of T32’s which are now used purely for fill in set ups when fired by normal optical triggers. The OM flash system was the Quick Auto 310, which was replaced by the T series, even these had different contact points..
Thanks for the info. I was going by the Metz SCA numbering system (320 vs. 3202; silly assumption on my part), and I see that the pins are indeed different. They look like maybe they are based on the same geometry?
Full control like fl-600r with my em5 ?
Oh, this is excellent! Very excellent. I love the dial design. I don’t like to feel like I’m playing video games when setting up the flash. I’m glad I held out.
The only question I have is, if it is really just a “four thirds” flash, it probably does not have the TTL preflash that mirrorless cameras usually require. That’s fine. I’m usually happy, if not more, with “auto” results, as long as it has auto aperture, which it seems to.
I might still spring for the FL-600R, like I’ve wanted for years, but this is a good alternative.
Wait a minute… eBay prices are in the $250-300 range, same as the FL-600R. 🙁
Canon has a good flash system, with radio. You can also buy 3rd party radio trigger for Canon or Nikon. They work well. Once you start shlepping a couple of flashes, the minimal size advantage of M43 disappears.
“…the minimal size advantage of M43 disappears.”
No, it doesn’t. I know because I shot events with Canon 1D & 1Ds Mark I/II/III with multiple flashes for years. You’re welcome to prefer Canon, but your post on an m43 forum is just trolling. Please stop.
My experience differs, maybe I am a more honest man than you, or a better photog? Please shut your fibs.
You mean “stop your fibs”, but you are right: it’s rather easy to make out liars here. And fun.
It does for me… What is this childish “trolling” word? And the fantasy about your shooting proper cameras for years and moving to a junk format? It’s all very funny, bravo.
My E-PM1 does look pretty ridiculous with the Metz 54 sticking out of it, but, still, much more portable than the R8.
Not as ridiculous as when I stuck the Agfatronic 643 on to an Olympus XA. Or, more precisely, vice versa. 🙂
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zetton_nara/14425349503/in/pool-43rumors
Doesn’t look too out of proportion.
Clear all your doubts, it has TTL and wireless TTL, it’s pretty much what many have been waiting for, a small and capable m4/3 TTL flash, if you need any bigger (i.e. unbalanced) get one from metz or olympus itself, this is the most well designed flash unit for mirrorless so far, small and vertsatile, I’m probably going to get one to accompany mi Di466. Oh and btw, check out the bolt’s flashes on b&h, they do WL TTL too and are affordable, seem like a good alternative, although not as compact as this one.
http://www.nissindigital.com/files/EN_i40FT_rev_1_0.pdf
+1
And it has high speed sync. The only letdown is the price. Should have been a bit lower…
TTL is good but wireless OPTICAL system? I’ll pass.
What’s stopping you from using a wireless trigger ?
optical was yesterday… Ever heard of radio triggers?
They missed a golden opportunity to name it the im43!