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Pocket Wizard equivalent? Help please
Hate to dwell on Skyports, but the timing is just rather funny... After about a year and a half of fairly light usage, (maybe less than 2000-3000 firings), my Skyports stopped working. OK, I am a bit disappointed in the quality, but they have a two year warranty so I sent them back for repair...
Posted by amoringello on 29/01/2010 - 22:23
Pocket Wizard equivalent? Help please
STAY AWAY FROM ELINCHROM He, he, he, Well, Elinchrom would not accept the store owner's explanation that the warranty was good for two years. Elinchom wanted HIM to FAX them the page from their own manual that states the warranty is in fact for two years. These creeps could not even look up t...
Posted by amoringello on 04/02/2010 - 22:52
LED Ring Lights
Flash on the front of the lens (how do you avoid red eye) never had this in the studio or with a metz cl45 hammer, but towards the end of the shoot I tried the Ring flash ??? It's of course Direct light a ringflash, the red is from the retina (choroid to be more precise) of the eye, the blood in the...
Posted by Anvh on 21/01/2010 - 19:03
360 Flash with 50-200 lens?
So you can use a 360 in P-TTL off camera :?: How does that work :?: I know my Samsung GX10 supports wireless flash mode but didn't know the camera and flash sent info back and forth so P-TTL was still supported, I just thought it meant I could use the flash in manual output mode and the wirele...
Posted by hefty1 on 21/01/2010 - 11:03
Pentax af560fgz underexposing
Thanks for the help with this guys, after reading some of the massive amount of information on the subject on the forum i'm going to lean towards a more "manual" camera and flash combination! I'll give it a bash this week. Thinking back - I mostly used the af540fgz with the k20d set at 1100-1600 i...
Posted by w126uk on 25/01/2010 - 22:43
Built in flash vs extra flash
I don't know what you a try to do but if you're doing a portrait you could use a reflection screen to bounce back the light.
Posted by Anvh on 29/01/2010 - 13:49
AFg 360Z
Joined forum to read and learn last year … but now looking for help .. Just bought AFG 360z to go with K20D all is well except the flash’s desire to “pre flash” to help itself “focus and meter”… Can this feature be over-ridden as it makes taking the “live action” of a moving object (dog, car, musi...
Posted by TVRDriver on 16/02/2010 - 17:54
AFg 360Z
For starters the 360 does not fire a flash to assist focus, it has a built in infra-red thingymawotsits for that, and it only works in low light. The 360 will fire a pre-flash to assist in the metering, this is known as P-TTL but unless you have very good eyesight and are VERY aware its doubtfull...
Posted by fatspider on 16/02/2010 - 20:19
AFg 360Z
Any known ways to do it out there ?? Yup :D You'll need to: 1) Put the camera in "M". Select a suitable shutter speed, e.g. 1/60s, and an aperture that suits the scene - say f/8. Set the ISO according to the amount of ambient light - start around ISO400 or ISO800 2) Put the flash in "A" mode...
Posted by MattMatic on 20/04/2010 - 08:46
Who needs a lightmeter?
Thank you for that Stefan. Have managed to find a Sekonic for what seems a decent price on another forum. I think I will give it a try and see what happens. If it turns out that I can manage without and trust my camera metering - well it will be back up for sale then :roll:
Posted by mayday on 18/02/2010 - 18:25
Who needs a lightmeter?
I met a chap a while back using a Medium format film camera and he was using his DSLR's spot meter as a light meter. Said he found it just as good as his Sekonic meter, but he used his Sekonic for flash work as it was enabled as a flash meter.
Posted by RichardDay on 18/02/2010 - 19:20
Who needs a lightmeter?
Thank you for that Stefan. Have managed to find a Sekonic for what seems a decent price on another forum. I think I will give it a try and see what happens. If it turns out that I can manage without and trust my camera metering - well it will be back up for sale then :roll: Of course you can manag...
Posted by Anvh on 18/02/2010 - 19:46
Flash trigger problems
A little work on that critical sharpness and there should be some stunning shots there Cheers Tim. The ones above are all early attempts. Took quite a while to master the focus, am using my 100mm Macro and getting the mix between dof and shutter speed took a fair bit of practice; Now getting more ...
Posted by davex on 19/02/2010 - 15:16
Pentax Support?
I have just gone back to the thread. I took Matt's advice at the time and bought the AF160 to use as a trigger (works well for me). The key part was that when I was having this trouble, I hadn't upgraded the firmware. I only upgraded the firmware when I bought the DA* 50-135mm lens. I hadn't r...
Posted by womble on 25/02/2010 - 20:04
which flash?
Ah okay ^^; Well at least your Samsung should work the same as my camera but I've no idea about your flash. You should get this update (v1.30) if you haven't it allows you to use the pop-up flash as "controller" that way it shouldn't get much if any flash in the photo. I've no idea how you...
Posted by Anvh on 05/03/2010 - 14:46
Ring Flash On Pentax DSLR
Thanks Peter. The camera was set on "X" mode with the ring flash on Auto mode. According to the EXIF data they were all 1/180@f19 with ISO100. The f19 confuses me as the back panel of the flash gives an aperture of f8 for ISO100 and I'm almost sure that is what I set.
Posted by bforbes on 02/03/2010 - 15:40
begginers flash umbrella & stand
Thinking a bit about getting a simple umbrella and stand to do a bit of flash photography - subject = baby (prob sleeping) Is flash really the best solution? That baby's not going to be sleeping for very long, and will probably grow up with a phobia of flashing lights! I would go with soft window li...
Posted by Pentaxophile on 17/04/2010 - 15:14
begginers flash umbrella & stand
Thinking a bit about getting a simple umbrella and stand to do a bit of flash photography - subject = baby (prob sleeping) Is flash really the best solution? That baby's not going to be sleeping for very long, and will probably grow up with a phobia of flashing lights! I would go with soft window li...
Posted by Anvh on 17/04/2010 - 15:29
begginers flash umbrella & stand
Oops forgot all about it. Like you said it's a bit hard to adjust the flash when using the softbox, since you're shooting to the back of it the easiest way is to make a corner of the white-screen lose, it's simply hold together with velcro and easy to secure it back. Adjusting the flash takes m...
Posted by Anvh on 14/05/2010 - 18:05
Suggested Flashguns for K-x
Here's another question. It would appear from the K-x manual that you cannot use the Metz 48 remotely without firing off the in-built flash of the Pentax K-x at the same time. Can anyone tell me if this is correct? If so this would seem to be a bit of a shame as I am trying to avoid that direct f...
Posted by CheekyChappy on 14/04/2010 - 00:37
