Have been playing with my new toy - BLF Q8 and still loving it.
While playing with the Q8 last night I noticed something that is not on the owner’s manual or the cheat sheet so I thought I would post my observation here to see if I can get more information on this unlisted “feature”.
Ok so this is what I did:
1) From off, hold and ramp up the brightness till it started to ramp up and let go of the switch.
2) Hold and ramp down the brightness and HOLD the switch down until the light is at the lowest brightness (indicated by one quick blink of the switch).
3) Let go of the switch, within 1/2 second push and release the switch one time.
Doing the above, the switch will blink once and will no longer glow green until you turn on and off the Q8 again.
Now I’m not sure if this is only happening on this version of the firmware (if there has been different versions for the Q8) or I just have a special Q8.
Thought I would post it on here and see what you guys think.
I ordered 3 Q8’s from the first batch for friends and me. However one of three got the button light broken. I remember this was an issue on the first batch. I contacted the miller some time ago, but i heard he was very busy with personal stuff. Can someone here tell me i this is a problem i can fix myself. Or can i order some kit with parts to replace something?
What do yo want to mount where?
The Q8 ON TOP of the Panasonic?
Or the Q8 and Panasonic with a double sided screw on the two threads?
Or the Q8 on a tripod?
I think it would be extremely top-heavy. As long as the hotshoe is robust, I think it would be ok, temporarily. Long term, I think you damage the hotshoe. I would feel safer mounting it to the tripod mount under the camera, or on a separate flash bracket mounted to the tripod mount.
Good day BLFers. I got 3 Q8 from Banggood US warehouse a couple of days ago. Unfortunately all 3, the o ring will pop out while screwing the body to the head. Approximately 1 in 8 attempts the oring will not pop out. Im thinking of ordering smaller size o ring. I dont know if it s the right remedy. Please need advice. Thank you all.