dw ... it is now on my wishlist ... thanks for thinking of it! I had a Quantum 1B+ for my previous digital body and it did both body and flash. Think I'll get a 2+2.
Dwight,
I have the 2x2 with my 580EX and shoot 2-3 HS games each weekend. We're into the playoffs now, and I shot one game last night, just finished one this afternoon, and I'm at a Panera Bread restaurant right now ingesting the images and charging my 2x2 before going back out into the rain to shoot my third game in the past 24 hours.
The 2x2 keeps up with my 20D pretty well, especially if you only use the 580 for fill, like I just did in the rain during today's afternoon game. At night, I either leave the 580 on ETTL-II or manual 1/4 power. Anything more and it's only good for maybe 2 frames per second. Still better than the 580 without the flash, but not up to the 5 fps of the 20D.
One way to minimize red-eye is to use a flash bracket like the StroboFrame Press-T that I have. Can't use it in the rain, since there is no way to wrap an Aquatech around it, but if it's not raining, it does a pretty good job. Doesn't totally eliminate it, but does minimize red-eye.
Nice shots, by the way. Well, it's back out into the rain for me, then a day's worth of editing 1,500 shots. Yikes!
Dennis
WIGHTMCCANN
