Radio TTL

AS PHOTOGS, We are definitely—along with much of the rest of the world—caught up in what’s coming next. The future is wanted badly, and now. More megapixels! More speed! We seek software programs that seamlessly correct our sins, turn summertime trees the color they only have in October, and make skin smooth as pudding. And we’re never content with stuff just coming off the shelf, cool as it might be. A piece of gear comes out that appears to be all the rage, and within 48 hours some photo-engineer has blogged about a mod he or she made where what had been designed to simply diffuse light now transmits files and downloads music.

It’s natural, then, that the news that TTL control for both Canon and Nikon flashes—so far the province of line-of-sight infrared and optical pulses—could be extended by radio wave transmission would be seriously applauded, anticipated, and fairly drooled over. Quite frankly, I would count myself as a drooler.