Inon 2000 ?

[pakman]

Im shooting a Oly 5060. I need to download an english version of the manual, if they have one. Thanks G!

Wildcard, PM me... I might be able to help you out. Do you have the new D-2000 with both optical and nikonos plug or the original D-2000 with just the optical connector?

 

[justleesa]

He just bought it about 4 weeks ago - should be the new one

 

[alo100]

As Gilligan said, it controls the Advanced Cancel Circuit. ACC was designed for cameras that emit a preflash.

Advanced Cancel Circuitry (ACC) increases camera battery life and also speeds up the camera's flash recycle time.

The default setting on a D 180 or D 2000 strobe has ACC activated. In other words you do not have to take any actions to activate the system. You only have to take an action, in this case installing a magnet, to deactivate the system. ACC was designed for cameras that emit a preflash. A preflash aids the camera in determining exposure. If your camera emits a single preflash, then it has the ability to take advantage of Advanced Cancel Circuitry. If however your camera does not emit a preflash, you must shut off the ACC. To shut off ACC, you must install the magnet into the strobe.

As you read this explanation of ACC, keep in mind that the camera's onboard flash is blocked from influencing the actual composition. A digicam's onboard flash's responsibility in this situation is only in sending an optical signal to fire the external Inon strobe.

ACC "magnifies" the preflash.

When ACC is activated, the Inon strobe "replaces" the relatively "less intense preflash pulse" (which is blocked from influencing the composition) with an artificially "magnified blast" of preflash light of its own. The camera sensor instead detects the "magnified blast" and calculates the exposure with that information. The camera is fooled into thinking that there is much more light present in the composition. Since the camera now feels there's a significant amount of light present due to the feedback it received from its sensor, it commands its own onboard flash to emit a much smaller amount of strobe energy for the main shutter event.

Less onboard flash energy emitted, less camera battery energy used. Shorter onboard flash duration, quicker recycle time for camera's flash to recharge equals quicker turnaround time for next image capture.

When you set the strobe to S-TTL, the camera is responsible for controlling strobe output. In this case, the Advanced Cancel Circuitry is automatically deactivated so as not to confuse the calculations.

Very detail explaination, thanks!!!

Have some questions, for some wide angle users, they may need to use 2 strobes (what's the coverage angle, does anybody know?).

If there are 2 D2000's, can they be set as slave1, slave2? Would the location influence the overall result, e.g. when there are some overlapping areas covered by both strobes? Or, that kind of settings should be avoided?

Then finally, I heard that Z240 is going to replace D2000, would the "ACC" & "S-TTL" modes in Z240 be the same as that in D2000?

I picked randomly about the Z240 operation description online:

"# COMPACT DIGITAL CAMERAS: S-TTL auto exposure technology, S-TTL with flash exposure compensation and manual power steps. Cable used is exclusive Inon fibre optic with Inon 'clear photo film'.
# DIGITAL SLR CAMERAS: Manual power steps. Cable used is S & S TTL-N single cable. Second strobe is either a 2nd single TTL-N cable, (if housing has a second flash socket fitted), dual TTL-N cable or wirelessly.
# 35mm FILM SLR CAMERAS & NIKONOS: The usual Nikon TTL and manual power steps. Cable used is S & S TTL-N single cable. Second strobe is either a 2nd single TTL-N cable, (if housing has a second flash socket fitted), dual TTL-N cable or wirelessly.


The Z240 has very special circuitry called S-TTL where it actually does meter off the cameras CCD/CMOS chip, giving you accurate TTL flash technology for true auto point and shoot TTL photos. This new technology is exclusive to Inon and is patent pending."

 

[djanni]

Have some questions, for some wide angle users, they may need to use 2 strobes (what's the coverage angle, does anybody know?).

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If there are 2 D2000's, can they be set as slave1, slave2? Would the location influence the overall result, e.g. when there are some overlapping areas covered by both strobes? Or, that kind of settings should be avoided?

2 strobes can be used in S-TTL using 2 optical cables. They would fire together. Each strobe has it on settings so one could set them up indedendently.

Then finally, I heard that Z240 is going to replace D2000, would the "ACC" & "S-TTL" modes in Z240 be the same as that in D2000?

The Z-240 replaced the older Z-220. It isn't a replacement for the D-2000. There is a D-2000 model and a D-2000s model so be careful.

The Z240 has very special circuitry called S-TTL where it actually does meter off the cameras CCD/CMOS chip, giving you accurate TTL flash technology for true auto point and shoot TTL photos. This new technology is exclusive to Inon and is patent pending."

The D-2000 uses the same S-TTL and matches the Z-240 almost feature to feature. The biggest differences is the Nikonos connector (5 pin electronic for electrical TTL) and the higher Guide number (24) on the Z-240.

 

[alo100]

Oh....h, I see. Thanks!!!

 

[CompuDude]

He just bought it about 4 weeks ago - should be the new one

Hey, I just bought the D-2000 (straight D-2000, not the w, s, or any other letter), also. How do I tell the difference between the new ones and the old ones? I want to make sure I received my new baby from fresh stock.

 

[Mark Rupert]

You can compare specs of current models here:
http://www.inonamerica.com/products.php

Discontinued models here:
http://www.inonamerica.com/products.php?prodcat=7

-Mark Rupert
Inon America, Inc.

 

[Wolverine]

Well, the straight D2000 will have only optical trigger soooo, no need to talk about sync cords. You just have to make sure that the magnet goes in if your camera has NO preflash and out if it does.