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    bfgstew
    2 Dec 2011 - 4:41 PM
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    I was perusing the local flea market today and picked up 2 Metz 45 CT-4 flash guns for £40, with spare battery packs, chargers and mounting brackets.
    Now is this a good bargain as I know Metz are pretty good?
    I would love to be able to use these with my D200, I would be able to modify if not, plus if I could rig them up and use them as studio light with umbrellas?
    Look forward to hearing your views on this guys.
    Cheers.

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    Ade_Osman
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    2 Dec 2011 - 4:50 PM
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    You'll need an adapter, see here for more details, but sounds like a cracking bargain if you ask me......

    Ade

    Pete
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    2 Dec 2011 - 4:52 PM
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    That is a real bargain, these were around £200 each at one time, spare batteries are about £50, so well done. Guide number 45 ISO100 meters so really powerful too!

    User_Removed
    2 Dec 2011 - 4:55 PM
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    They will make good studio flashes with brollies and reflectors to a certain extent...snoots and barn doors are another problem...they can normally be fired with slave units providing you can fit a weak flash to your D200....im sure a search on ebay will turn up a couple of slave units if they are no longer made.

    There are no doubt many complex ways of wiring them together but I used CT 60s in the above way when I worked as a freelance press and pr tog....stuart

    Ade_Osman
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    2 Dec 2011 - 5:00 PM
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    PDF Manual

    Tells you what you'll need...

    Ade

    KenTaylor
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    2 Dec 2011 - 5:08 PM
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    They gave them away at that price.
    Metz have a solid reputation as good as the name Leica.
    The battery packs are not that easy to come by and are now refurbished. My original pack died and now have a refurbished one.
    I also have a cradle to use standard AA batteries although oddly it wont accept rechargeable ones.

    bfgstew
    2 Dec 2011 - 5:31 PM
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    He he, 'bout time I had a bit of luck, will go and pick lottery numbers now................Wink

    Cheers guys, info is invaluable, as always................Grin

    KenTaylor
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    2 Dec 2011 - 5:42 PM
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    Quote: PDF Manual

    Tells you what you'll need...

    Ade

    Wrong model Ade, its a CT not CL
    I use a safe synch for mine as it could fry the circuit.

    bfgstew
    2 Dec 2011 - 5:55 PM
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    Ken, I may be wrong but from what I have read the CL and the CT are identical apart from the indicator on the back, the CT has a neon indicator the CL has an LED.

    redsnappa
    2 Dec 2011 - 6:10 PM
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    A bargain, even if you paid 3 times the price.

    Ade_Osman
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    2 Dec 2011 - 6:11 PM
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    WhoopsTongue

    Could still prove useful all the same, I hopeSmile

    Ade

    User_Removed
    2 Dec 2011 - 6:25 PM
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    What a find!! Enjoy!!

    KenTaylor
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    2 Dec 2011 - 10:33 PM
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    Looks like you are OK

    bfgstew
    2 Dec 2011 - 11:54 PM
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    Maybe not Ken, the CT is non compatible with the modern trigger voltages!!!!!!
    Looks like a bit of rewiring on the trigger circuitry to take it down to 6v, got to be worth it for the price I got them for, they are pretty amazing pieces of kit!

    User_Removed
    3 Dec 2011 - 7:57 AM
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    This is all very complex...surely they can be fired remotely using the cameras built in flash.....masking the d200s output will limit its effect on the image but the slaves should still fire.

    The results can be reviewed on screen so ttl or auto flash is irrelevant. This should make an easy cheap starting point.

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