A Flash Bit of Kit - the Olympus Wireless radio Flash Triggers
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- This video is a review of the Olympus FC-WR wireless flash controller and the FR-WR wireless flash receiver and how they integrate into the advanced features of the micro four thirds system. This video accompanies a blog post which can be seen at:
paulamyes.com/2020/12/27/a-fl...
This video was made using:
Panasonic G85
Panasonic Leica 8-16mm f2.8-4 lens
Sigma 16mm f1.4
Equipment used in the video:
Olympus OMD EM1 mk ii
Olympus m.Zuiko 12-40mm f2.8
Olympus m.Zuiko 45mm f1.2
Panasonic Leica 100-400mm f4-6.3
Olympus FL-600R
Olympus ST-F8 twin head flash
Olympus FC-WR
Olympus FR-WR
Metz 44-AF1
Metz 64-AF1
Music : "Hit the Lights" by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Artist: www.twinmusicom.org/
Thanks for an informative video. I use Godox flashes and a Godox trigger, which I got before Olympus released its radio transmitter/receivers. Before the Godox I had used the Olympus optical trigger(s), with mixed results.
The big advantage for me of the Godox system is the radio trigger AND the power of the flashes. While power is less important because high ISO is now usable, a Godox AD 200 will put out 3X the power of the most powerful Olympus (or Canon or Nikon) flash. I'll usually put two of these guys in a soft box. I've even ganged two AD 200 together, each with a fresnel lens, for adding some front light to birds using HSS.
Note most Oly flashes support optical triggers, so you can still use those if you need to. So it's not as if the Oly flashes are now useless, unless the optical trigger process is problematic ... .
That said, I can see the advantage of using the Oly radio trigger with an Oly flash if that is what you need. I prefer to stick with Oly products when possible because you know everything will work together. They are also rock solid and quite well weather sealed.
Thanks for watching and commenting. The major problems with the optical system is that it is line of sight only and in bright lighting is not reliable. So a radio system is preferable. I chose the Olympus system as I wanted to use the Olympus STF-8 macro flash in conjunction with other speed lights. At that stage Godox hadn't made available their macro flash otherwise I might have gone with that. The other reason to use the Olympus flash system is the weather resistance.
Hello Paul, thank you for your in depth video! I have a FL-600R that I struggle to use off camera with the optical RC mode. Will this FR-WR fire my 600R?
Yes it will and you'll get a radio wireless trigger that will be more reliable than the optical system.
too much superfluous info
Thank you very much for taking the trouble to watch and comment. When I started this because the system was not well received there were next to no reviews of it and I didn’t know if everything I had, particularly my Metz units would work. Also I wanted to know whether the flash triggers would also work with my Panasonic G85. As I progressed with this I realised that I didn’t just want to write a review, but that I’d also say how to use the equipment in various modes across both Olympus and Panasonic cameras using third party flashguns so that prospective users can find all this information out without having to take a punt like I did.