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Quantum Q flash
When using a Quantum Q Flash and a turbo battery how long should the battery
hold up for. The specs say that it can take some 200 full flashes but how many hours will the battery last? Will a battery survive 8 hours and shooting 200 flashes or is this asking too much from the battery. This assuming that the battery is on during the 8 hours time.Or is 4 hours more of an expected time limit? Anyone out there shooting with one? Don |
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"Don" wrote: When using a Quantum Q Flash and a turbo battery how long should the battery hold up for. The specs say that it can take some 200 full flashes but how many hours will the battery last? Will a battery survive 8 hours and shooting 200 flashes or is this asking too much from the battery. This assuming that the battery is on during the 8 hours time.Or is 4 hours more of an expected time limit? Anyone out there shooting with one? Don I usually shoot about 200 plus pics at the weddings I do. I exclusively use one Turbo, thats at least 6 hours of shoot time or more like eight. I usually have juice to spare after a previous full 12 hour charge. -- Baltimore & DC Large Format User Website http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank For best results expand this window at least 6" at 1152 x 768 resolution |
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"Don" wrote:
When using a Quantum Q Flash and a turbo battery how long should the battery hold up for. The specs say that it can take some 200 full flashes but how many hours will the battery last? Will a battery survive 8 hours and shooting 200 flashes or is this asking too much from the battery. I have a Turbo Z and my wife just got a Turbo C battery. We don't have the Quantum flash but instead use Canon 550EX flashes and these go into a power-down mode if you haven't used them in a (programmable) while. Not sure if your flash has this power-saving mode or not, so not exactly the same situation, but with what we use the battery doesn't seem to discharge much when it's turned on but not being used much. So I'd think you'll be OK. Bill |
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Thanks Gregory,
When does your Check Turbo indicator come on? Mine came on around 180 flashes and 5-6 hours and have to reset by turning off/on. I was just wondering if this was normal operation. I continued up to over 240 flashes in 8 hours with exhausting last green led on batttery but Red led is still on so therefore I quess I could shoot a little more. Don "Gregory W Blank" wrote in message ... In article , "Don" wrote: When using a Quantum Q Flash and a turbo battery how long should the battery hold up for. The specs say that it can take some 200 full flashes but how many hours will the battery last? Will a battery survive 8 hours and shooting 200 flashes or is this asking too much from the battery. This assuming that the battery is on during the 8 hours time.Or is 4 hours more of an expected time limit? Anyone out there shooting with one? Don I usually shoot about 200 plus pics at the weddings I do. I exclusively use one Turbo, thats at least 6 hours of shoot time or more like eight. I usually have juice to spare after a previous full 12 hour charge. -- Baltimore & DC Large Format User Website http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank For best results expand this window at least 6" at 1152 x 768 resolution |
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"Don" wrote: Thanks Gregory, When does your Check Turbo indicator come on? Mine came on around 180 flashes and 5-6 hours and have to reset by turning off/on. I was just wondering if this was normal operation. I continued up to over 240 flashes in 8 hours with exhausting last green led on batttery but Red led is still on so therefore I quess I could shoot a little more. Don I don't think I ever remember it doing so. I also turn the battery off if there's a lull in the action.I also am using a single shot SQAi .... don't know if that's a factor of not. -- Baltimore & DC Large Format User Website http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank For best results expand this window at least 6" at 1152 x 768 resolution |
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