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hss and manual lens
Yes, the aperture coupling will get the mechanics of it all working, but we should not expect accurate or reliable flash exposures in P-TTL with Manual Focus lenses. I hope your HSS shots work out well :)
Posted by McGregNi on 26/09/2016 - 21:27
Studio Triggers - Hahnel Combi / Pocket Wizard X
Back to original problem: Do you have an old hot shoe adapter, the type used to add a PC connector to a camera or a 2nd hot shoe, back in the day, when it would only have the central flash connector? If so put that between camera hot shoe and trigger, or between PC connector and trigger, and you...
Posted by layingback on 30/09/2016 - 19:46
Savage plastic
I buy my back drop's from viewfinder in Leicester here is the link http://viewfinderphotography.co.uk/
Posted by pink on 30/09/2016 - 17:36
Savage plastic
I buy my back drop's from viewfinder in Leicester here is the link http://viewfinderphotography.co.uk/ Agree, I've used these guys a fair bit as well, excellent service and price is about right.
Posted by Chrism8 on 30/09/2016 - 17:55
Wireless Triggers for K3II/K-1
The Wansen manual triggers you mention work perfectly in manual mode. have a range of 20mtr. I also use them to fire my studio stobes. The draw back is. You cant remotely change their settings. Dont fire HSS. But on the plus side they are very very cheap... Every bit a match for Pocket Wizard. We...
Posted by stub on 11/11/2016 - 16:58
Off camera flash question
Rob, I don't think you need the FG hot-shoe adapter. These are the available adapters: Hot-shoe adapter F - has a male hot-shoe on the bottom, female hot-shoe on the top and 5P connector on the side. This can mount on the camera, where the signal from the camera will be sent both to a flash mount...
Posted by PygmyTwittle on 08/12/2016 - 21:42
Early adopter Shanny SN600FGZ
Forget that last question...Just discovered its for updating the firmware...I'll go back to sleep...
Posted by stub on 04/01/2017 - 18:22
Pentax DSLR Models & Flash Options
I am currently preparing a new 'Supplement' Document, an addition to my 'Pentax Flash Guide'. When writing the Guide I posted some material in advance onto the forums, for peoples interest, discussion and to help find out anything new myself. There's been a lot of talk recently of the latest camera ...
Posted by McGregNi on 22/03/2017 - 19:49
Outdoor On-Camera Flash Examples
I've not been released from work and family duties enough lately to get any 'proper' photography done :?, apart from the odd swan .....A common enough problem for many of us! But I still take plenty of shots of the family in many situations. When possible I always pack one Pentax AF-540FGZ flash,...
Posted by McGregNi on 27/03/2017 - 11:33
Outdoor On-Camera Flash Examples
I presume the flash head is pointing directly at the subjects for these? I hate doing this as people expect (and I've usually found it to be so) that they will be blinded by the thing. And this is the very unit you mention above which I dare not use in any way except pointed at the ceiling. I've tri...
Posted by McGregNi on 27/03/2017 - 15:48
Outdoor On-Camera Flash Examples
.... It just ignores that. I've tried dialling a reduction into the camera and it ignores that too. Anything that has TTL on it seems to have a mind of its own. Just another thought, what lenses are you using? P-TTL is only compatible with F or FA series types with the aperture ring set to A, plus ...
Posted by McGregNi on 27/03/2017 - 19:13
Outdoor On-Camera Flash Examples
a couple screen grabs of some shots I did a while back using a single fgz320, a reflector , a shoot through umbrella, and pentax k3. getting the flash off camera is the next step. :D love the flash guide Nigel it's great work! :)
Posted by Don on 28/03/2017 - 02:30
Outdoor On-Camera Flash Examples
I like the last three, although focus seems to be a little off in most of the images. I would suggest checking your lens micro AF adjustment.
Posted by Papa_Lazarou on 28/03/2017 - 13:20
Outdoor On-Camera Flash Examples
Don, there's some interesting creative effects going on there! It's a real play on the sunlight and you've made the flashes seem like an extension of the suns reflections. Off camera flash is certainly a 'next step', but I often try and promote the simpler stuff, if only becuase it's often more ...
Posted by McGregNi on 28/03/2017 - 13:57
Outdoor On-Camera Flash Examples
(Gareth, you jumped in there! ..... great, are you going to be making yellow and pink flash gels, or yellow and pink fish????) :idea: Richard, thanks, I'm glad you've seen these shots .... I imagine you and I will be on very much the same wavelength in terms of likely subjects for our flash ph...
Posted by McGregNi on 28/03/2017 - 21:16
Digital 952AF Flashgun
I have a Digital 952AF/PEN flashgun which worked well enough on my previous Pentax bodies K100, K200, K10, and it still works on a K20. My question is why won't it work on a K-5lls, K-3ll or a K-1. (I can't remember if it worked on the K-5) Has the march of progress overtaken the flash or am I mi...
Posted by bforbes on 14/04/2017 - 21:41
Portraits - on camera flash
I think they are both lovely portraits of your happy boy. I think you have achieved a soft effect with the lighting by bouncing the flash. As far as the shadow to the right of the head and his left arm another flash off camera would fill that, but perhaps you could instead allow more ambient ligh...
Posted by pschlute on 12/05/2017 - 14:18
Portraits - on camera flash
Might be easier to use a different location where the subject is further away from the background, its the closeness of the boys head to the back of the sofa that's causing the shadow, if you pump a load more light in that area, its likely to blow out / over-expose. Chris
Posted by Chrism8 on 12/05/2017 - 15:22
Portraits - on camera flash
I go along with Philip and Chris. the simple solution is move him away from the wall or anything close behind. Back in the days when I did weddings people would gather beside a wall so I just moved them away. also all I had was my hammerhead flash pointed at a "hopefully" white ceiling. OR/AND hand ...
Posted by vic cross on 12/05/2017 - 16:37
Portraits - on camera flash
Lovely smiley shots, they're bright and cheerful looking! A 50mm at F4.0 is quite challenging focus-wise I think, and I feel you'd get a sharper result with something more like F8 .... This shouldn't affect the exposure or steadiness of the shot at all, so long as you maintain the 180th sec shut...
Posted by McGregNi on 12/05/2017 - 22:07
