flash with built in transceiver?

Possible to develop a manual flash with a built in transceiver? ie, you will not need to have a trigger on camera to trigger the flash by letting the built in transceiver do the work?

600EX RT?

I mean using a single unit off camera without the need of on camera trigger by having the trigger incorporated in the unit. It is my understanding that you still need a trigger to set off the 600ex rt off camera as on its own.

well, I am sure I am asking for too much.

abuha wrote in post #16124724
Possible to develop a manual flash with a built in transceiver? ie, you will not need to have a trigger on camera to trigger the flash by letting the built in transceiver do the work?

How will the flash know to trigger at the appropriate time if you do not have a transmitter on the camera to send that signal to the flash?

We still have a ways to go before mind reading devices become a reality.

abuha wrote in post #16124816
I mean using a single unit off camera without the need of on camera trigger by having the trigger incorporated in the unit. It is my understanding that you still need a trigger to set off the 600ex rt off camera as on its own.

well, I am sure I am asking for too much.

Lets assume that a camera had a built in transmitter. You still need a way to control the output of the flash. Do you go into a menu on the camera? A dial on the top? What is the advantage? The transmitter for the Cheetah lights is small, compact and has all the functionality you need right on the transmitter. I really don't see the need for a camera manufacturer to incorporate this feature into a body. Besides, if they did, it would be for their light system and not another manufacturers lights, thereby limiting the user to one system.

PacAce wrote in post #16124854
How will the flash know to trigger at the appropriate time if you do not have a transmitter on the camera to send that signal to the flash?

We still have a ways to go before mind reading devices become a reality.

PacAce,

I prefer to call this device by the correct technical terminology, the "clairvoyant camera".

The "clairvoyant camera" would also be adept at fixing all sorts of other messy and confounding hardware issues.

Mind over matter technology in cameras is just emerging, but is likely to have at least 75% of the market by 2016. Exacta's lead in this technology is likely to allow this long dormant camera company to top the market in sales by 2015.

Enjoy! Lon

FlashZebra wrote in post #16125278
I prefer to call this device by the correct technical terminology, the "clairvoyant camera".

The "clairvoyant camera" would also be adept at fixing all sorts of other messy and confounding hardware issues.

Mind over matter technology in cameras is just emerging but is likely to have at least 75% of the market by 2016 .

Enjoy! Lon

This in addition, of course, to going out all on it's own and finding masterpieces to photograph without any owner input whatsoever. Industry rumours are starting to emerge that there may be an interesting launch on 30th February next year.