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AF080C ring flash
I have just purchased one of these for use with my Z1 + FA 100m f2.8 macro lens. Flash has 49mm thread, plus 52mm adaptor. Lens has 58mm filter. Shop assured me it will be OK based on the size of the lens front aperture (approx. 35mm). While I am waiting for the 58mm adaptor, can anyone plea...
Posted by david13 on 16/02/2004 - 14:40
Vivitar AF6000 Ring Flash & *istD
You might be able to fit a K-M42 adaptor to the lens, and then use step-up rings to get to 49mm. However, I am not sure that M42 threads are compatible with filter threads. A more certain and flexible alternative would to use extension tubes, which convert any lens into a macro. Or just buy a 5...
Posted by George Lazarette on 30/08/2005 - 15:39
Macro ring flash / lens adapter question
Hi, It would be very difficult to fit a K mount lens to an M42 camera the normal way because the lens throat is too small. If you want to mount the lens reversed, no problem! Just get a reverse adapter designed for M42. As this fits the filter thread of the lens and the 1.7 shares the same 49mm thr...
Posted by Kim C on 22/10/2005 - 18:12
*istDS in the studio
With Elements there are a couple of good ways of producing B&W: First method: 1. Add a new Hue/Sat layer 2. Put the Sat to -100 Second method: 1. As above 2. Change the layer mode to "Color" - this produces a B&W similar to Photoshop's Lab mode, where different colours have differe...
Posted by MattMatic on 07/01/2006 - 15:25
Thyristor Flash with Slave(s)
Good stuff, Don. I've loaded a roll of expired 100 ASA (stuff I use for testing new set-ups (and often get my best shots with)) into the trusty old SP F, and will write down every and all attempts 'till I figger dis out. I'm pretty sure I'll have to use the manual setting on my main flash as t...
Posted by Anonymous on 04/01/2006 - 10:13
Night scene portrait mode
I like it. I used get that effect by faking it. IE a red filter over the lens and a cyan over the flash. now I photoshop it.
Posted by Don on 16/01/2006 - 02:41
Fill-In flash - how?
good morning Matt. You got your post in while I was typing...lol. that is too bad about the flash exp comp...on the ist d...but the flash should still give -1 stop fill light in forced flash mode in all but green mode should it not? beautiful morning here sitting on my patio, guzzling coffee, wat...
Posted by Don on 20/07/2006 - 15:20
Slave Flash Trouble: Turning off Pre-flash
I've read that some older flashes can harm newer digital cameras. Something to do with too high voltage? Someone said something about how using an old flash can "fry" your camera, which I really don't want to happen. I can get a used flash, I actually have one here but am worried that i...
Posted by blindedbyscience on 24/11/2006 - 18:13
Well, Not Flash - but Indoors
IIRC daylight film is designed for noon sun - approx 5600k. I think flash is also designed to be approx the same colour temp. For a 3200k lamp on digital you'd be wanting a Tungsten WB setting - for daylight I would think that there's a filter required
Posted by dexteruk on 23/01/2007 - 23:05
DIY Ring Light Adapter for reversed lens
hi all, I thought some of you might be interested in this. I made it from a K mount taken from an old (cheap) extension tube and an old 58mm Skylight filter. Add a few spots of Araldite and its done. I chemically cleaned, then abraded the surfaces to be glued. It was finished in a couple of hours...
Posted by Mannesty on 25/01/2007 - 18:07
DIY Ring Light Adapter for reversed lens
This is a reference to a very old post...However, just off to the DIY emporium in town to see if I can get hold of some good metal to metal adhesive. As I have just about given up on ever finding the original Pentax item I have dismantled a cheap set of extension tubes (The shortest section) and...
Posted by mayday on 02/08/2010 - 12:18
DIY Ring Light Adapter for reversed lens
Well the results are in... Tried it out this evening - much to managements displeasure -(Supposed to be going out at 7!) First impressions: Very straightforward to do No particular skill - just a good small philips screwdriver The right adhesive and a bit of cleaning and paint removal prior ...
Posted by mayday on 03/08/2010 - 23:45
AF 140C Ring Flash wanted
There were a couple on ebay in recent months but when I enquired of the seller as to their completeness . . . they weren't. All he had was 2 X flash ring + 2 X flash module. The box is not really important, but the lens adapter rings are very important, and he didn't have them. Three rings for f...
Posted by Mannesty on 05/02/2007 - 18:08
AF 140C Ring Flash wanted
John, Don't turn your nose up at the AF080C, which may be easier to find. It's less powerful than the 140, but it's generally powerful enough, and with a 49-58 step-up ring it can be mounted on an FA 100 2.8 macro without vignetting (on a DSLR). I presume it would also work on the A* 200 macr...
Posted by George Lazarette on 06/02/2007 - 10:37
Tests with a Ring Flash
I picked up an Elicar Ring Flash for a Fiver; 49mm filter ring fitting but I HOLD it over my 6x7 lens and it works; here are some tests to see if it 'blows up' my Digital K10D bearing in mind what I read about on the Metz 45CT1 thread. Well, it worked, no bangs or fused circuits as far as I can make...
Posted by Peter Elgar on 16/05/2007 - 11:53
bowens gemini espirit 500 with K10d flash sync
Just adding a little here... Your shutter speed has to be 1/180 or under. Flash does not work above that speed (unless you use a dedicate AF360/AF540 flash that works by firing high frequency bursts of light to 'pepper' the frame with light as the shutter slit moves down... but that's another sto...
Posted by MattMatic on 31/01/2012 - 16:13
Fill-in flash with a non TTL body (ME Super)
One way round the problem would be to reduce the flash output external to the flashgun. The AFxxxT series of flashguns had a wide angle adapter which effectively halved the power of the output. You could do a similiar thing by using a piece of thin white cloth over the head of the flashgun. You wuld...
Posted by Kim C on 10/10/2007 - 12:39
Pentax Xtra Flash
The AF240Z is excellent for ... when you want to trigger another flash... and for a number of other uses. You can point it away from the subject if you don't want fill flash. Well yes, but it's a whacking great thing to have on the hot shoe when you just want the camera in your hand. When I h...
Posted by ChrisA on 13/10/2007 - 15:10
taking photos in the dark
on the one hand, I think it's not the best way to invest your money or time... you could use a pocket flashlight (torch), or a shoe mount video light... or just focus manually.... but since I admire determination... here's an idea.... get a small led torch (one of those with three led's)...
Posted by Don on 11/01/2008 - 14:09
taking photos in the dark
I have taken photos in pitch black with my K10D and the built in flash. This strobes to light the scene and aid focus. I assume a compatable flash should do the same thing. The red grid I am aware of was I though, infrared, and I believe the K10D can't see infrared though I might be wrong. As f...
Posted by Mannesty on 11/01/2008 - 14:17
