AC3 mounted on a MiniTT1

AC3 ZoneController:  The long awaited AC3 ZoneController is getting closer to completion.  Working prototypes have been in use for a few weeks with great results.  Plastic components are now arriving and we will begin testing to make sure the assembled product holds up to the daily use we expect it to receive.  We expect to go into production in late February and start shipping in March.

AC5 RF Soft Shield:  These are rolling out daily to those on the request list.  We expect to ship current requests within the next two to three weeks.  New requests for AC5’s should ship within three weeks of the request.

AC7 RF Hard Shield:  We expect to begin production in March and shipping to stores in April.

AC7 on monopod

AC7 with umbrella

Nikon Mini/Flex:  We have made substantial progress on the Nikon ControlTL system and the Nikon versions of the MiniTT1 and FlexTT5.   The industrial design, circuit board, and hardware engineering is complete. The remaining development activities are focused on firmware.  


We are planning several rounds of beta releases over the next few months while we continue to program our ControlTL system for Nikon’s camera and flash operating systems.  Firmware development and testing is a very complex process of mapping ControlTL’s advanced functionality to the millions of potential combinations of Nikon camera and flash interactions.
 


Reflecting lessons learned over the past year, we expect the beta period to be longer for Nikon products.  This will assure the best possible results.
 


We know that many of you are eagerly awaiting these products and share our goal of producing a great first product release.  We will continue to publish product updates to you on a regular basis as it moves toward a finished product.