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Phottix Officially Announces New Odin TTL Triggers for Sony DSLRs, Ships This Week

Chris Gampat
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09/17/2012
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Last Updated on 09/17/2012 by Chris Gampat

The Phottix Odin TTL wireless radio triggers for Sony had been rumored for a while now, but today they’ve been officially announced and the company also states that they’ll ship this week.

Here’s the interesting news though: they used the Minolta hot shoe. Why is that weird? Because a camera like the new Sony A99 uses a standard hot shoe. Users of that camera are the market base most likely to purchase these triggers. In order to use them though, they’ll need an adapter for standard hot shoes to Minolta.

We reviewed the triggers for Canon DSLRs before, and we’re a huge fan. Specs and more after the jump. No word on official pricing yet, but we can expect them to be fairly affordable for everything that they’re capable of doing.

Tech Specs

  • Wireless 2.4GHz. TTL and Manual Flash Triggering
  • Remote power control of groups in TTL with +/- EV adjustments (3 stops in 1/3 stop increments  – 18 different levels.)
  • Remote manual mode flash power control with 1/3 stop adjustments
  • Remote flash head zoom adjustments – auto or manual
  • Mix TTL and Manual flash – fire some groups in TTL, others as manual
  • Remote power control in A:B ratio modes with +/- EV adjustments
  • High speed sync – shutter speeds up to 1/8000 sec.
  • Second curtain sync functions
  • Compatible with Phottix Strato 4-in-1, Phottix Strato II Multi 5-in-1 Wireless Triggers and Phottix Atlas II Triggers
  • Upgradeable firmware via built-in USB port.

 

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