A great opportunity there, it's good to hear there is such understanding and cooperation between photographers and the airport.

Hi, you said on your other thread that you are a complete novice with lighting and that the studio owner was setting up the lights. ... So they are not your lights?

I world therefore think you should ask the studio what triggers are compatible with the lights, that seems obvious. Perhaps its better to use a trigger from the studio that is proven and tested to work with their lights? Anything else, under these circumstances, is risking disappointment, frustration and wasted time when you least need that.

Do the modeling lights respond to setting a ratio (eg position 1, 2 or 5) ? This would at least suggest that the flash tubes themselves are ok. As you said, the capacitor is always a weak point.

My own older AF-540FGZ will only fire at full power, even in wireless control mode! I've been using the Cactus system for off-camera work, and the newer AF-540FGZ II for on camera, so it hasn't been worth repairing .... Maybe never....

Thanks Stuart! Thanks also Peter .... It's a very interesting history and story behind these models.

Hi Steve I'm no tech expert, but perhaps there's a fault with the cable connection between the two parts? Does it fire with the test button? I'd check the cable for secure contacts and any looseness or damage.

How did you get so close in to the ILS and light arrays? Are you shooting through a fence?

The last flight of the apocalypse! More people would probably like Marmite, but there's some strong effects. I like many of the angles and the atmosphere in the backgrounds. ....perhaps we could see some straight versions too?

Such deep colours, and a great exposure. Another atmospheric image of isolation, great job!

Hey thanks Don, it was really quite a struggle . But they were behaving rather well for me, I was probably lucky!

Its not my usual thing, but when visiting Crystal Palace Park recently it was hard to resist seeking out some local creatures in their natural habitat. I'm glad to report that even the K7's elderly AF system was well up to the task!

All with the K7 and D FA28-105mm …. (and what a great performer that lens was, again! Looking at the results I was hard pushed to believe these were shot with a zoom ....)






























Here's a link to Wikipedia with some background about these .... link