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Comment by Don posted on Using independent flash ( e.g. Vivitar 283 ) with K5? at 05/06/2011 - 16:22
I wonder if anybody here has recently played with a slide/neg duplicator on thier d-slr? what about trying a HDR image off a neg or slide this way?
Comment by Don posted on DA 35mm f2.4 on 35mm Film SLR at 05/06/2011 - 16:07
layingback wrote:
Check the place of manufacture (on bottom of unit). If it says made in Japan it is the older version and will be of the just shy of 300V variety. Made in Korea is latest and will be safe in general. But considering the value of the camera in question, a test with a digital voltmeter is mandatory really even if you have to buy one - a basic voltmeter will suffice - you don't need extreme accuracy to diff < 10 or 20v versus > 250V. Just charge flash off camera and discharge by connecting the meter across the contacts (with flash pointing a way from you
[ BTW 285HV's are also likely to be OK, but older 285's (without HV appended) can be any voltage. I have a very early 285 and it is low voltage, but later ones are not. Strange. So actual testing is the only way to tell. ]
I do believe the older vivitars that are capable of frying your d-slr are the same ones that would have fried your mz5n... you should be ok to use it.Check the place of manufacture (on bottom of unit). If it says made in Japan it is the older version and will be of the just shy of 300V variety. Made in Korea is latest and will be safe in general. But considering the value of the camera in question, a test with a digital voltmeter is mandatory really even if you have to buy one - a basic voltmeter will suffice - you don't need extreme accuracy to diff < 10 or 20v versus > 250V. Just charge flash off camera and discharge by connecting the meter across the contacts (with flash pointing a way from you
[ BTW 285HV's are also likely to be OK, but older 285's (without HV appended) can be any voltage. I have a very early 285 and it is low voltage, but later ones are not. Strange. So actual testing is the only way to tell. ]
gartmore wrote:
It will still be useful as an off-camera flash with a remote trigger
Or - if yours tests out too high - pick up another later 283 and a cheap optical trigger and you have a 2-flash setup while avoiding having to learn a new flash model's operating procedure. That was the path I took.It will still be useful as an off-camera flash with a remote trigger
Comment by Don posted on Using independent flash ( e.g. Vivitar 283 ) with K5? at 05/06/2011 - 15:41
Tyr wrote:
I am looking to augment my set-up with some new portable studio lights.
I am looking for something that is not too powerful so I can get a shallow DoF and control light output.
The Pro Line 180s have a GN of 35 and go down to 1/32. They also have a fairly wide range of accessories and come with a roller case.
Anyone got any experience with them?
nope... my advice when buying "Studio" lights is to simply look at ruggedness first, accessories second, then look at the nice extra features.I am looking to augment my set-up with some new portable studio lights.
I am looking for something that is not too powerful so I can get a shallow DoF and control light output.
The Pro Line 180s have a GN of 35 and go down to 1/32. They also have a fairly wide range of accessories and come with a roller case.
Anyone got any experience with them?
I like Elinchrom your taste may be different... ultra low output is not really a selling point for me... recycle time and color consistancy are. I'd slap an nd filter on or pull out the Pentax 360's if I wanted to work with wide open apertures... also if using softboxes or other diffusers you can use baffles or scrims or nd gels to lower output.
Think of studio lights like this... it is easy to lower the output when you want to, but can you increase thier output when you need to?
You want portable, buy battery powered portable flashes. You want Studio, buy trusted name branded tanks with at least one 500 ws or better...
Cheap, low powered studio strobes are too compromised, Like buyin an Al Camino car, all the passenger carrying capacity of a small truck, all the cargo capacity of a car, the worst of both worlds.
Comment by Don posted on Pro Line 180 at 05/06/2011 - 15:28
Well Bond, you want a compact, discrete, well built imaging device?
You need the new Pentax system....
Comment by Don posted on Pentax "Q" at 05/06/2011 - 03:58
I read the title, and looked at the photo and immediately though.. "Man that 14 yr old kid has had a rough life!"
Yesterday our 17 yr old had a bunch of friends over to film a movie for thier French Class. While they were out at a nearby derilect church filming, I threw some burgers on the grill.
"The kids aren't back yet" Gerri pointed out "It's too soon"
"No way" Say I "Teenager are like vampires... you never invite them or call them over to eat.... they just sense when there is food and show up"
Sure enough, as the last burger comess of the grill.... the kids arrived.
Yesterday our 17 yr old had a bunch of friends over to film a movie for thier French Class. While they were out at a nearby derilect church filming, I threw some burgers on the grill.
"The kids aren't back yet" Gerri pointed out "It's too soon"
"No way" Say I "Teenager are like vampires... you never invite them or call them over to eat.... they just sense when there is food and show up"
Sure enough, as the last burger comess of the grill.... the kids arrived.
Comment by Don posted on 14yr old on junk food.... at 04/06/2011 - 16:43
Sooon...my cloths will come back in fashion.....what is old becomes new again.... My turn to be Canada's hottest photog is commin! the stars will align, the eighties will be back in style, and me the guy who hasn't really evolved will be the hottest ticket since... well... the eighties!
at least until the style changes again...
at least until the style changes again...
Comment by Don posted on Getting That 1980's Fashion-Beauty Photography Blown Out Look at 04/06/2011 - 16:06
if they can do that for astro photography, they could also come up with a device/firmware that allows studio shooters to stack multiple shots in camera with slight pixel shift of the sensor to multiply the resolution of the image file....
Pentax is bound to get some more serious landscape photographers attention with this.... as well....
Pentax is bound to get some more serious landscape photographers attention with this.... as well....
Comment by Don posted on GPS for Pentax K5, Kr, 645D at 02/06/2011 - 21:41
gartmore wrote:
Resolution.
Heard nothing for a few weeks and wrote to the head of BBC Scotand yesterday. Today a call from the finance department, "We'd like to offer you £47.50 for the use of your picture". Me, "The BBC normally pay between £120 and £200 for a one UK broadcast, so I think £250 would be more in order". "That's fine, we pay by BACS give me you bank details".
glad it is resolved.Resolution.
Heard nothing for a few weeks and wrote to the head of BBC Scotand yesterday. Today a call from the finance department, "We'd like to offer you £47.50 for the use of your picture". Me, "The BBC normally pay between £120 and £200 for a one UK broadcast, so I think £250 would be more in order". "That's fine, we pay by BACS give me you bank details".
Comment by Don posted on Copyright Infringement... again! at 02/06/2011 - 16:30
fatspider wrote:
I shoot images profesionally for 2 commercial websites
I shoot them for my own business and my wifes, but I dont get paid because I'm not making any money (yet) and the wife pays me in other ways than cash
Does that count?
Does your wife know my wife by any chance? I listed "Slave" as my position in my own company on my linkedin account.I shoot images profesionally for 2 commercial websites
I shoot them for my own business and my wifes, but I dont get paid because I'm not making any money (yet) and the wife pays me in other ways than cash
Does that count?
Comment by Don posted on So when does semi pro become pro at 02/06/2011 - 02:23
Full manual control and ultra low power settings to use them for high speed or macro work.
Fine flashes, everybody should have them!