3600HS vs 5600HS

John Perry · May 30, 2002

Hi, All!
A brief question from a new user...(and hopefully a soon-to-be new D7i owner).

The Minolta 3600HS flash retails for about $249.95, while the 5600HS is available for about $449.95.

What extra features / benefits would I gain for the extra $200.00? Which do you prefer? Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
John

casey81696 · May 31, 2002

Well like always it is a personall discision. I picked the 5600 becuase of the abilty to pan the falsh horzontelly. I will be using it to take pics at the Rocky Horror Picture show and dont want to blind the cast.........

But if you dont need to pan left or right well I cant see the extra feet being that usefull to anyone.....

Also I have heard of one other flash option but dont know much aboutit.

pka · May 31, 2002

The possibility to use bounce flash for verticalal pictures might be the main decision point for 5600HS - professional flash for professional camera

5600HS is of course more powerfull, too, but if 3600HS would have the same possibility to tilt the head into all directions, I would pick the cheaper one, but this is not the case ....

John Perry said:
Hi, All!
A brief question from a new user...(and hopefully a soon-to-be new
D7i owner).
The Minolta 3600HS flash retails for about $249.95, while the
5600HS is available for about $449.95.
What extra features / benefits would I gain for the extra $200.00?
Which do you prefer? Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
John

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pka
http://www.volny.cz/digialbum (in Czech

Barry68220 · May 31, 2002

Hi -

I've been very happy with the 3600H. I added an extension cable because I do a lot of work with the flash on a bracket or hand-holding the flash. I like the results much better when the flash is moved away from the lens. With the cable (either hand-held or on a rotating bracket) you can bounce the flash regardless of camera orientation.

Barry

pka said:
John Perry said:

Hi, All!
A brief question from a new user...(and hopefully a soon-to-be new
D7i owner).
The Minolta 3600HS flash retails for about $249.95, while the
5600HS is available for about $449.95.
What extra features / benefits would I gain for the extra $200.00?
Which do you prefer? Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
John

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Barry

SVJIM · May 31, 2002

I'm in the same boat as you John. My D7i is on the way. I'd like to add to your question. Doesn't the D7i support a wireless connection to both of these cameras. Can someone explain how that works?

Jim

John Perry said:
Hi, All!
A brief question from a new user...(and hopefully a soon-to-be new
D7i owner).
The Minolta 3600HS flash retails for about $249.95, while the
5600HS is available for about $449.95.
What extra features / benefits would I gain for the extra $200.00?
Which do you prefer? Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
John

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Photography should be fun

http://www.pbase.com/jcollins

Erkki Kanto · May 31, 2002

John Perry said:
Hi, All!
A brief question from a new user...(and hopefully a soon-to-be new
D7i owner).
The Minolta 3600HS flash retails for about $249.95, while the
5600HS is available for about $449.95.
What extra features / benefits would I gain for the extra $200.00?
Which do you prefer? Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
John

John,

As for the price: I ordered my 5600HS from PhotoKing yesterday for $319.00. In three days I'll know if everything went well...
Erkki

Pabletto · May 31, 2002

Barry Wheeler said:
Hi -

I've been very happy with the 3600H. I added an extension cable
because I do a lot of work with the flash on a bracket or
hand-holding the flash. I like the results much better when the
flash is moved away from the lens. With the cable (either
hand-held or on a rotating bracket) you can bounce the flash
regardless of camera orientation.

Barry

Did you fix the extension cable on your own or did you buy a MINOLTA one? How much did it cost and how long is it?

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(samples taken with the MINOLTA DiMAGE 7)
Last update 26 February 2002 (MORE food photos)

Pabletto · May 31, 2002

Silicon Valley Jim said:
I'm in the same boat as you John. My D7i is on the way. I'd like
to add to your question. Doesn't the D7i support a wireless
connection to both of these cameras. Can someone explain how that
works?

Jim

Jim, here is a bried explanation:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1024&message=2670644

I had also posted a more detailed explanation in another thread, but I can not find it.I hope the above helps though.

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Pabletto

http://www.pbase.com/pabletto
(samples taken with the MINOLTA DiMAGE 7)
Last update 26 February 2002 (MORE food photos)

Christer Pettersson · Jun 1, 2002

If You are prepared to pay for the 5600 one option might bet to get a 3600 AND a SunPak PZ-5000AF. That way you get both the good integration between tha camera (with the 3600), and the greater power + swivel head (PZ5000AF) for about the same price. In addition You get a remote slave unit, and a spare unit when the batteries are low on one of the units.

John Perry said:
Hi, All!
A brief question from a new user...(and hopefully a soon-to-be new
D7i owner).
The Minolta 3600HS flash retails for about $249.95, while the
5600HS is available for about $449.95.
What extra features / benefits would I gain for the extra $200.00?
Which do you prefer? Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
John

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