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 enlarge | Brand: Olympus
Category: Photography
List Price: $549.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Media: Electronics
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 9 x 9
MPN: FL50
Model: FL50
UPC: 050332143340
EAN: 0050332143340
ASIN: B0000E68U2
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Fabulous Flash June 2, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I don't think you could drean for a better flash unit to couple with a camera capable of communicating with it. Just set the flash to one of the auto modes (TTL, etc...) and it reads your camera settings and provides just the right amount of light. I can only imagine that it would work equally as well in manual mode. O think it is a little spendy but, it has proven it's worth to me.
I said you that the FL-50 IMPROVEs the FOCUS speed and PRECISION? Even in total DARK?.... May 20, 2007
5 out of 19 found this review helpful
Si, ya muchos otros han DICHO bastante sobre las capacidades de esta unidad de Flash, pero muchos andan en busca de MEJORAR (como yo) las capacidades de ENFOQUE tanto en rapidez como en precision de los LENTES que vienen con mi KIT de e-500.
Recordemos que el enfoque tanto en su rapidez como en su precision son CARACTERISTICAS que NORMALMENTE vienen con las lentes que adquirimos.
Asi pues, cuando tratamos de tomar fotos por ejemplo en bodas, XV anos o cualquier otra evento que se lleva a cabo en LUGARES cerrados como salones o carpas, nos enfrentamos con el DILEMA.
Ya que por ejemplo mi KIT de lentes tienen un fstop maximo de 3.5 en el wide open.
Lo cual quiere decir que cuando trato de tomar fotos bajo las condiciones de luz que prevalecen en los salones de eventos, la rapidez de la exposicion anda en ordenes de 1/5 o incluso mas de un segundo o dos.
Esto, aunado a que la NATURALEZA de tales eventos requiere que manejemos la camara sin ayuda de estorbosos tripies o monopodos, hace que SEA EXTREMADAMENTE DIFICIL TOMAR FOTOS QUE NO ESTEN MOVIDAS O DESENFOCADAS unicamente con las lentes que vienen con el KIT.
Por supuesto, UNA SOLUCION es adquirir lentes MAS RAPIDAS por ejemplo en mi caso podria adquirir el Zuiko 14-54 f2.8 asi como el 11-22 f2.8.
Pero SIENDO REALISTAS... estamos dispuestos a gastar 1000 USD mas solo para TRATAR de tomar algunas buenas fotos con poca LUZ?
Por otro lado, se de varios usuarios que poseen ya lentes mas rapidaz que las mias y que de todas formas se quejan AMARGAMENTE de lo dificil que es tomar fotos DECENTES con poca luz.
SIN EMBARGO GRACIAS AL CIELO Y A OLYMPUS, existen las unidades de flash FL-36 y el
FL-50.
Cualquiera de las DOS unidades MEJORARA de forma DRAMATICA la capacidad del SISTEMA camara-lente-flash para ENFOCAR.
Una de las principales diferencias entre ambas unidades radica en que la FL-36 unicamente acepta DOS pilas AA, lo cual hace que el TIEMPO DE RECARGA sea mayor que con el FL-50, y tambien repercute en el numero de veces que el flash puede dispararse sin tener que cambiar de pilas.
Tambien por supuesto el FL-50 tiene un numero guia de 50, lo cual quiere decir que tiene mayor potencia, ademas de ofrecer modos como el Super FP y otras monerias que son bastante utiles para los que quieren tomar fotos PROFESIONALES.
Pero como decia. Para mejorar las capacidades de enfoque del sistema AMBAS unidades funcionan.
Yo elegi el FL-50 porque mis ambiciones asi me lo dispusieron, aumque he de confesarles que en efecto no fue facil el desembolso de 400USD mas envio.
Pero NO ME ARREPIENTO y creo que VALIO LA PENA cada peso que gaste.
De hecho el dia que recibi mi unidad FL-50 la probe en la noche en el traspatio de mi casa, tomandole una foto a mi perro salchicha....
Quede SORPRENDIDO ante la RAPIDEZ (en primera) del enfoque, y tambien con la PRECISION (en segunda) del mismo.
De ahi en adelante he tomado fotos de eventos sin mayor problema, asi esten con BUENA luz, con LUZ de Penumbra o INCLUSO en casi total obscuridad.
Como comentario al calce... si se deciden a comprar alguna de las unidades de flash ya sea la FL-36 o la FL-50. NO SE OLVIDEN de adquirir UNO o DOS paquetes de PILAS RECARGABLES NiMH de 2500 o mas capacidad, claro... con su respectivo cargador.
Ya que de lo contrario si usan pilas comunes, a la vuelta de los meses la cuenta del gasto en pilas PUEDE SER CONSIDERABLE.
Para los que adquieran la FL-36 una MUY BUENA opcion son las pilas RECARGABLES de Litio CRV3, que ademas de pesar MENOS que las pilas comunes y las NiMh, duran un poco mas.
Este tipo de pilas en GENERAL no son buena opcion para el FL-50 ya que estas pilas por lo general poseen un chip que detecta picos de carga (como los que genera el FL-50) y DESCONECTA el suministro de la pila (ya que el chip cree que la pila puede estar en corto).
A menos que encuentren un proveedor de este tipo de pilas que NO tenga este tipo de chip, es mejor que para el FL-50 se queden con pilas NiMh recargables que son bastante economicas y durables.
RESUMIENDO.
Recomiendo mucho la adquisicion de alguna de las unidades de flash de olympus tanto la FL-36 como la FL-50.
SI... es un poco cara (sobre todo la FL-50), pero creanme.... VALE LA PENA.
Desde Mexico D.F.
Ciao.
Get this for your Panasonic Lumix FZ50 camera! January 21, 2007
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
Panasonic sells this same unit under their brand for substantially more money. If you dig real deep on the Panasonic site under "compatibility," you'll learn that Panasonic and Olympus teamed up on Panasonic's new high end camera.
The collaboration, it appears, has been going on for some time: this unit is the same as the Panasonic DML-FL500 and works perfectly with the Lumix FZ-50. So if the price of the Panasonic unit has held you back, get this one.
It is worth it.
Today I shot pictures of the grandkids at a children's museum. I had excellent flash lighting in TTL AUTO mode from about 25 feet away. Shots of people within five feet or so of the lens are over-exposed, so just dial in -0.7 stop correction on the FL-50 and everything is fine. You can go plus or minus 3 full stops on the flash itself.
You can set the flash mode (i.e., auto flash with redeye pre-flash) from the FZ-50.
Overall, this is a superb smart flash that is fully compatible with the Lumix FZS-50 at a substantially lower price. You will not regret this purchase if you're serious about your photography. The head rotates practially 360 degrees, swivels almost 240, is powerful and has a built-in diffuser for super-wide angle lenses. It uses AA batteries.
Full manual control when you want it.
A very sweet package.
Jerry
Olympos FL-50 Electronic flash January 10, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
A wonderful unit. Versatile and very effective. Works beautifully with my Olylmpus E-300. If there is a drawback its that it eats up batteries real fast. Rechargeables are essential. Also, for an old codger like me, it's darn near as complicated as my camera itself. In fact the instruction manual is larger! Nevertheless I like them both.
FL-50 is part of a system, not just another spedlite November 11, 2006
52 out of 54 found this review helpful
If you have read this far on the FL-50 you should also read my review on the FP-1 (search for olympus fp-1) - it is a side grip designed to go with the fl-50 and speed up it's cycle time.
By now you know the FL-50 is the flagship flash from Olympus - but there's more you should know about this particular flash.
First - there are 4 exra pins in a row under a rubber cover. 2 of them bring in 6V regulated (as in 6.000 volts) and the other two, well upwards of 300 volts for charging the main cap come in on those pins using a special signalling system spoken by the HV-1 (I believe) High Voltage adapter (more later)
Second - The FL-50 is also the basis for the twin flash and ring flash controller. A few things get changed - the red lens is blacked out because the other flashes (at least the ring flash) have modeling lights so you can focus and see where the flash "star" or "blast" will end up in your photo (or even get it out of your photo!)
That is NOT to say that you can unhook your flashtube from your FL-50 and make a ring flash controller - its simply that the plastic and controls and LCD will be very familiar to you if you get a macro flash later in life (None of the "up top" flashes work well when your subject is inches from the lens filter)
More on the HV-1. Hidden deep inside the FL-50's "brain" is a remarkable ability to parallel process with the OLY HV-1 supply. What makes the HV-1 soo good? Well, first off, it's got a 2700 mAh battery pack. -- you say, well - I can put 2700 mAh nimh cells in the FL-50 -- I fully encourage you do do that as well. The FL-50 holds 4 2700 mah cells. The HV-1 starts off with 6, giving it a 50% voltage boost, plus the current boost on top of that. In other words, the HV-1's battery supply is really heavy duty compared to what you can do with 4 AA nimh cels.
Now here's the best part!
FL-50 w/ 4 2700 NIMH AA cells - full recharge - about 6 or 7 seconds
FL-50 w/ HV-1 and EMPTY battery compartment on the FL-50, same conditions - 1 sec.
FL-50 w/ HV-1 and those 2700 mah NIMH batts inside it - < 1 sec recharge
In other words, the FL-50 will use BOTH its internal inverter and the HV-1 as a pair to recharge as fast as possible. (oh yea - and we know with such a huge capacitor as the FL-50 that we're not going to empty it every time, so its more likely the recharge times are fractions of a second.)
And now we put all the above together. Our best 2700 mah AA cells - the HV-1 adapter (which also works on the ring flash and twin flash and modeling lights) - we set the "MODE" switch on our Evolt cameras to sports mode, turn the flash on - guess what happens!
If you are just using the flash for fill - it can keep up with the sports shooting rate! I used a sandisk 4GB E-III 133x card, a compressed picture, and pow-pow-pow-pow-pow it kept firing as long as I held down the shutter. At ISO 100. Inside. Natural light.
So to sum it up - if you are content to wait for the flash to cycle, or shoot those shaky 1 second exposure pictures, forget the FL-50 and HV-1 system. Just get a FL-36 and you'll save alot of $. But - IF - and only if - you think you are headed for a flash __SYSTEM__ then start it with the FL-50. You can by the HV-1 later (I did) - and then when you get some good lenses and you want a ring flash for up close and even modeling work, all your flash parts will work together! You will own not just a speedlight but a portable studio strobe - with TTL metering - and you'll never go anywhere without the HV-1 / FL-50 combination. With 10 cells charging your battery instead of 4 you flash takes on a new personality.
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