Polaroid bare-bulb flash appears, offering TTL for Canon and Nikon

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carguy

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A flashgun has appeared called the Polaroid PL-135, a sub-$100 bare-bulb speedlight suitable for enthusiast photographers, available in the USA and UK.
It has the specifications of a typical aftermarket flash, but the flash tube protrudes from the head instead of sitting inside. This configuration allows for a “bare-bulb” effect, where the light is free to travel in all directions to fill a space, be it a room, a studio backdrop or a light-shaping tool such as a softbox. Think of it like the difference between a Maglite and a bare light bulb.


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carguy

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More details. I ordered one today from Amazon.


The Triopo TR-120 bare bulb and TTL speedlite is now available on Amazon for just $99 in the re-branded form of a Polaroid PL-135, in Canon and Nikon versions.

The TR-120, up until now only sold in China, was promising not only to be the first inexpensive bare bulb speedlight, but also the first TTL enabled bare bulb speedlight!

Questions may remain about the TTL capability, but even just for use as a fully manual only flash, this unit is undoubtedly going to sell out very fast!. So you’d want to grab one now if you’re keen.



The TR-120 has TTL, Manual, Multi, and S1, S2 slave modes.

But even regardless of TTL the TR-120 is a fully equipped manual flash ideal for off camera use with -

Full manual power levels from 1/128 to full in 1/3rd stop adjustments.
An external battery port
PC sync port
S1 & S2 optic slave modes
High Guide Number GN54@ ISO100, 105mm
3.5 second recycle
360 degree swivel head

This is a regular speedlite with a bare bulb head added, so its powered by 4 AA batteries inside like most other speedlites. The bare bulb should, at least to some degree, also reduce the overheating issue regular speedlites face, allowing more flashes in row or higher power levels to be used.



Triopo TR-120 – $99 TTL & Bare Bulb Speedlight – Now Available ! | FLASH HAVOC
 
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carguy

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Looks like the price has gone up $10 already. Probably moving pretty well?

Seems like a decent/affordable unit, anyone using the Triopo version yet? While no the quality of the Sunpak 120j, maybe a good alternative?
 
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