Inon D-2000 or Z220s - Urgent!

Hello!

I just received the Inon Z220s strobe I orderd and I'm pretty amazed by it's size. Unfurtonately I just noticed that there is a new Inon D-2000 strobe coming soon. :?

It has a guide number of 20 (compared to 22 for the Z220s) and lot's of features like S-TTL and a focusing light which I would really like to have.

The price is just a little bit more than the Z220s and as I still have the possibility to return my Z220s, I don't really know what to do.

I'm shooting with a Canon S60 + Inon wide angle lense setup and wanted to ask if anyone could tell me if I should get the new strobe or just keep my Z220s.

Any comparison of the two strobes out yet?

Regards

Robert

the choice should be based on how the strobe is driven.

The Z220 is a Nikonos TTL strobe with sync cord but it features optical slave TTL as well.

D-2000 is wireless only but with special features for compact digicams.

Normally the D-2000 would be the right one for a Canon S50/S60.

Agreed.

Looks like the D-2000 is a better strobe to go with the S60, but if you ever move to a DSLR, you'll want the sync connector as well as higher power.

Hope wetpixelians don't mind reference to a strobe comparison chart on another board. Very useful.

http://www.digitaldiver.net/strobes.php

I would personally go with the 220, in the event you move to a DSLR.

Chris

Hi guys!

Thanks for your answers.

I completely forgot that the D-2000 can't be cable fired. This would be a problem in case I upgrade to a DSLR.

So I think I will keep my Z220s.

Does anyone know how much differentce in light output there is between the Guidenumber 20 of the D-2000 and 22 of the Z-220.

Regards

Robert

+2

Sorry, I had to do that.

If I am not mistaken, in air, it means that the strobe will put out the same amount of light 2 meters farther away.

2 meters more from 20m to 22m when aperture is set to 1 in air, theoretically.

GN 20 vs. 22 is a fraction of one f-stop.

doubling the light output would mean to multiply the guide number by 1.41 (doubling a GN20 strobe's output would require a GN of 28 ).

In other words: 1 meter distance -> aperture 20 vs 22, in air as well

Canon S60 smallest aperture = 8 ?

Might not be a really noticeable difference underwater because these are topside values (20 & 22).

Julian

This post is a somewhat off topic for this forum but I wanted to talk to Robert_T.

Robert, are you using Cannon's WP-DC40 housing for your S60?

If so, how are you mounting the Inon wide lens on it?

I cannot find any way to mount either Inon's or Epoque's wide conversion lens on the outside of a WP-DC40 housing. Can anyone help?