It also seemed a lot brighter but by how much? Compared to my Canon 580 EXII speedlight the 360Ws has a slightly warmer light that’s more even across its width. As you can see from the image above you’ll want to use the reflector to get direction if you’re using an umbrella or just the flash on its own. I’ve used the flash in a Westcott Apollo softbox and the bare bulb gives a fantastically even illumination. One of the big selling points of the 360Ws is its bare bulb. FLASHPOINT STREAKLIGHT 360 WS NIKON TTL CREATIVE COLLECTION FULLIf you plan of using this flash at full power regularly I’d highly recommend the optional power doubler cable which halves the recycle time by making use of two power ports. That dropped to 0.8 seconds at ¼ power and was almost instant at 1/16 th power taking less the 0.1 seconds. Flash output is in 1/3 rd stop steps from full power down to 1/128 th power.Īt full power the recycle time was a painful 5.3 seconds. However like many photographers that’s exactly how I like my flashes to work and resent paying extra for features I don’t need. FLASHPOINT STREAKLIGHT 360 WS NIKON TTL CREATIVE COLLECTION MANUALThe 360Ws is a manual only flash, so you won’t find a TTL options here. The test button glows when the flash power has recycled and in the centre is a large jog wheel to set the power. There’s buttons to switch the focus assist light on/off, activate the recharge ready beep and set the mode for optical slave, preflash ignore and so on. The controls are well laid out and easy to master even without reading the manual. Switching on the battery pack also starts the 360Ws and the first thing you’ll notice is the big bright LCD display. PerformanceĪt 890 grams this is no feather weight so you’ll need a decent cold shoe to hold it securely. The connector into the 360Ws is propriety but the other end is just a standard power pack round plug affair. You also get a cord to attach the 360Ws to a power pack (available separately). There’s also a small drawstring bag for storage although if you plan to keep the reflector attached (to protect the tube) it’s of little use. The flash tube is user replaceable and needs to be pushed in before use. A 28mm reflector is included as standard and there’s also a clip-on diffuser too. The flash has a standard hot shoe but this can swapped out (by removing four screws) and replaced with supplied ¼ in thread base, a very handy feature. At 360 watt seconds of light, it’s up there with the power of mains studio flashes and yet it’s little bigger then your traditional speedlight.Įverything was nicely encased in Polystyrene with minimal amounts of assembly required. So what’s so special about the Streaklight 360Ws? Well let’s start with the obvious one, its power. You can also find it’s baby brother the Streaklight 180Ws which is broadly similar but produces a stop less light or about half the brightness. For example here in the UK you’ll find what appears to be the same unit at Lencarta under the name Atom 360. Step forward the Flashpoint Streaklight 360Ws, a battery powered flash that produces about the same amount of light as 6 top of the range speedlights.įor the purposes of clarity I’m reviewing the Streaklight 360Ws from Adorama but you can also find the same unit wearing various other badges. Either way you’re looking at a pretty heavy hit on the credit card. So you want all the brightness of a studio flash without the restrictions of mains power, what do you do? Well you could choose the battery powered Prophoto B1, Elinchrom Quadra’s or buy 4 speedlights and group them together.
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