Mark1 Cream of the Crop  6,725 posts Likes: 7 Joined Feb 2008 Location: Maryland More info | Aug 18, 2010 13:04 | #1 Canon just got awarded a patent for basically wifi controlled flashes. Not sure what to think about it but it seems like it might be a good idea.
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DavidRossberg Member  93 posts Joined Feb 2008 More info | Aug 18, 2010 13:36 | #2 An imaging apparatus for performing wireless communication with a flash device, including a generation unit configured to generate a plurality of emitting instructions which include timing information indicating a timing for emitting the flash device, wherein each emitting instruction includes different timing information, and a transmission unit configured to successively transmit the plurality of emitting instructions to the flash device, wherein the transmission unit transmits each emitting instruction in succession based on the timing information. What a nicely constructed sentence. Short and simplified, that's the way I like 'em! Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.
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Seanzky Goldmember  2,888 posts Likes: 2 Joined Nov 2008 Location: TX More info | Aug 18, 2010 13:48 | #3 David Rossberg wrote in post #10745056  What a nicely constructed sentence. Short and simplified, that's the way I like 'em! Lol. Nikon will never be able to copy that! Who the hell can make a device that does that? Better yet, a big round of applause to the engineer who can understand that and actually make a device out of whole idea.
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Titus213 Cream of the Crop  More info | Aug 18, 2010 13:50 | #4 Seanzky wrote in post #10745112 Lol. Nikon will never be able to copy that! Who the hell can make a device that does that? Better yet, a big round of applause to the engineer who can understand that and actually make a device out of whole idea. Engineer? No, think LAWYER! Dave
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dave63 Goldmember  1,269 posts Likes: 5 Joined Aug 2008 Location: In the ether between Denver and Boulder More info | Aug 18, 2010 13:57 | #5 Seanzky wrote in post #10745112 Lol. Nikon will never be able to copy that! Who the hell can make a device that does that? Better yet, a big round of applause to the engineer who can understand that and actually make a device out of whole idea. I can understand it. Just can't do anything with it, design-wise.
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Seanzky Goldmember 2,888 posts Likes: 2 Joined Nov 2008 Location: TX More info | Aug 18, 2010 14:00 | #6 dave63 wrote in post #10745161 I can understand it. Just can't do anything with it, design-wise. If you mean you can plot a flow chart with that sentence, so can I. But it's not the simplest way to say "I will make a device kind of like PW mini/flex with TTL capabilities built into the flash" is it?
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egordon99 Cream of the Crop 10,247 posts Likes: 3 Joined Feb 2008 Location: Philly 'burbs More info | I was doing a family shoot at a client's house with my Cactus triggers and the client (an Electronics Engineer) asked if I was using Bluetooth to trigger the flash
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mikejet Senior Member 573 posts Joined Aug 2009 Location: West Covina More info | love the images from Wired  Gear: S95 - Canon 50D - Canon 50mm 1.4 - BG-E2N Grip - R4 Rstrap - 200DG
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egordon99 Cream of the Crop 10,247 posts Likes: 3 Joined Feb 2008 Location: Philly 'burbs More info | Aug 18, 2010 14:52 | #9 They should have used penguins!
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ericski Member 166 posts Likes: 5 Joined Sep 2009 Location: Boise, Idaho More info | Aug 18, 2010 15:29 | #10 |
kenyee Senior Member 981 posts Joined Feb 2009 Location: Boston, PRofMA More info | Aug 18, 2010 15:49 | #11 This is so obvious, I find it disturbing that the USPTO actually issued it Pentax K20D, 77Ltd, 43Ltd, Sigma 17-70, 60-250/4, crapload of Strobist gear (SB28's, RP JrX Studios, Einsteins, WL, Speedo BD, softboxes, grids, etc.)
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MG30D Senior Member 821 posts Joined Jan 2008 More info | Seanzky wrote in post #10745186 If you mean you can plot a flow chart with that sentence, so can I. But it's not the simplest way to say "I will make a device kind of like PW mini/flex with TTL capabilities built into the flash" is it? Lol, true....but actually that's how patents are written. It's the lawyers job to write the claim as broad as possible without being vague. That way no one else can take the invention and just make a minor tweak thus changing the device and getting a new patent. https://photography-on-the.net …?p=7819436&postcount=1777
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Aug 18, 2010 18:44 | #13 Kenee... getting a patent is actually quite easy. I read someehere that Canon alone gets awarded aproametly 45 A WEEK!!!! Canon is one of the top 3 patent holders.
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Aug 19, 2010 00:51 | #14 Someone wrote a blog entry on this. http://speedliting.com …fi-control-of-speedlites/
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TopHatMoments Goldmember  1,173 posts Joined Oct 2010 More info | Oct 29, 2010 04:35 | #15 If the 580 ex II is Near 400$ now, imagine what a hopped up wifi controlled unit will cost. Canon to PhotoShop, “Beam me up”! LR3 set course for CS5, Warp speed 64!___ ((dpp___/==***^***
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