540 Driving Simulation

540 photo not extensively used.

I first experienced flight simulation in 1998 with the Microsoft flight Simulation program. I'am retired now and became interested in flight simulation again and downloaded the MSFS 2020. My old control apparatus was not compatible with the new MSFS so I began searching for new controls. I was familiar with B H from purchasing photo equipment in years past. After contacting BH sales and being placed on a waiting list for a basic joystick I received notice of the availability of the one I recently purchased. Thanks B and H for getting me back on track.

Just changed to quantum after 3x 580ex 1 and 2 and metz 540 all only lasted 1-2 years before problems developed. This one works very well on weddings I especially like the bare bulb effect and is easy to adjust on the fly. Power is always available with the power pack , compared to internal batteries on the older flashes. Hope it lasts many years .

I first tried digiscoping when an osprey began taking trout breakfast and dinner on a pole 540' distant. Problem was - while at 90 power the osprey filled the frame - keeping him there while locking the head was so impossible that I dreaded trying. Thus the piggyback is a big relief. I can just get close and make the fine adjustment easily. For astronomy it's equally useful. Simple, elegant solution with plenty of range. Adjustment screws are visible, so re-centering would be easy when needed. Thanks for making this available.

This Seahorse SE-540 Hurricane Series case with foam is built tough! I mounted it on my adventure motorcycle for an instant dust-proof, waterproof case for my valuables like wallet, phone, keys. Great case at a great price!

Connecting our microphone to our video camera to allow for video recording of our nursing simulation. We needed a connector and this was the one.

Held onto my ladder rack really well while driving.

Can charge while driving between camp sights...

It took quite a while, but we finally have, in the PC based flight simulation community, an exceptionally realistic simulacrum of a Boeing jet airliner yoke. And without having to raid the aviation boneyard in Arizona to liberate it from a derelict real-life Boeing! Thrustmaster's TCA Boeing Edition flight stick (actually, a YOKE, thank you very much!) is the closest your hands can come to wrapping themselves around 300,000 plus pounds of hot screaming metal. The yoke is an essentially full sized replica of a 787 yoke, with the one exception being the switch grouping is on both sides of the yoke, whereas the originals only have switches on the outer handle. Very ingeniously, Thrustmaster has created something of the illusion of having the yoke on the upper end of a control column, as on real airliners, as opposed to being mounted on a pipe that comes horizontally out of the instrument panel, as on most small planes. This pendular action provides another dimension of realism in the operation of this device, and puts it in a class all by itself for flying any heavy iron that uses a yoke (as opposed to flying a modern Airbus, which use side-sticks, a type of control input that Thrustmaster has also made available to the simulation community in a different, equally realistic, package). I spent over 30 years with one or another real Boeing yoke in my real-life hands, and I can vouch for the authenticity of the feel of this yoke. Of course, being spring loaded (with a variable number of springs, for varying the resistance), you will not get all of the real feel of flying a 777, or any of the other Boeing types, but this is as close as you can get without buying a complete FAA approved flight simulator. Which, by the way, would probably cost more than one of the real airplanes, at least if you got it out of the boneyard (and even 777's are in the boneyard these days!) Happy Landings

The BEST DEAL I could find around and on top of it, it works GREAT for what I use which is Flight Simulation Programs like X-Plane 11 and Microsoft flight simulator X. I love it and recommend it!!