New INON strobe coming?

Has anyone heard of a new INON strobe coming sometime soon?

The pricing for a new Z-240 has gone down to $539

I had the same thought when I saw the price drop. I asked Reef Photo if this was a closeout in anticipation of a new model and was told the price drop is simply an attempt to compete, price-wise, with Sea and Sea strobes. My suspicion is that it has something to do with U.S. dealers losing a lot of sales to Asian dealers when they were selling these for $500-$600 and the U.S. price was $800.

In any event, according to Reef, no new model is in the works as far as they know. I assume they would know.

I was thinking the same thing and looked into it a bit.

As of May 2017.....

http://inonnews.blogspot.com/2017/05/z240strobe-discon.html

Bogdan

It was reported here on wetpixel a month or so ago that Inon is discontinuing the 240 and coming out with a replacement. However, no searching I have done reveals any details about either the time frame or specs of whatever new strobe is in the works.

Rest assured that if you follow the Wetpixel front page, you will be among the first to know what is going on with the new Inon Strobe

I hate to say it, but IMHO, Inon is certainly helping to drive Retra orders right now.... With only a day, or so, left to preorder, I'm seriously considering the Retras, as I'm looking to upgrade my strobes from S&S YS-01s....

I ordered the Retra's a couple months ago--complete system (strobes, battery compartments, shark diffusers, LSD, light narrowing rings) and so far they look like a superb product and a substantial upgrade over either the 240 or ys-D1/2 from the beam shots they posted. I am sure Inon will come up with a great product, but I am not going to look back, so long as the Retras prove to be reliable (little early adopter nervousness on that, but one of my ys-d1s died so instead of replacing just got the new system).

Yes, there is a new Inon strobe coming, a 300 something or other. Not available in Australia yet, I was asking as one of my Sea and Seas is playing up...

There is a whole thread on it, some months old, the Z-330.

http://wetpixel.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=61091&hl=z330#

It is already in use... Z330

http://wetpixel.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=61091

I chose Retra instead of the Z330 - but have yet to 'get in the water' with them...

Or is this another Inon model?

any one know so far how are the new z330 about water leakage ?

I don't think anyone has posted anything about water leaks on WP in relation to the Z330. The Z240 was very reliable for not leaking and, I believe, its the same system.

Has anyone been able to buy any of these Z330 strobes recently ??

I sold my Oly EM5 gear including the Z240 strobes when I upgraded to a EM1mk2, little did I realise there was a hold up in production/availability of the Z330s Im now considering buying a new set of Z240s

Has anyone been able to buy any of these Z330 strobes recently ??

I sold my Oly EM5 gear including the Z240 strobes when I upgraded to a EM1mk2, little did I realise there was a hold up in production/availability of the Z330s Im now considering buying a new set of Z240s

There's another thread about Z330 availability. If you do a Search you should find it.