In a message dated 12/11/02 9:45:22 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Hey Everybody,
I thought up of a great new topic for discussion: Flash Guns, Flash Guns and more Flash Guns. How many flash guns are enough and why? How big and powerful do you want your flash guns to be? ect. I'm not sure where I got the idea from, What do you think? Ryan >> Good One. I have too many flash guns right now. Vivitar 3700, Pentax 280t, AF-080C Ring Light, AF330FTZ and the AF500FTZ.. But then I like to collect all things Pentax and that includes flash guns. On the weekend I was shooting group shots of my daughters' skating teams and played a little with the 500FTZ built-in slave. It seemed to work pretty well but when all the parents started to pop off shots it, of course, started to go off as well. Forgot there would be others shooting as well. Anyway shot with the LX with K35/3.5 and the 280T as main light source off camera on TTL. The AF500 was a few feet to the right. The flashes separated by about 4-5 ft. I probably should have cut the power output of the 500FTZ because some of the exposures seem a little harsh. When it did work, the shadows created by the 500 were nicely filled in by the 280T. Obviously the 500 became the main light source and the 280T controlled by the camera became the secondary light source. I did not get the manual with the 500FTZ so I need to do some more experimenting.... I usually don't worry too much about flash when I'm on TTL with the LX. The pictures always come out, but the lighting ratio could have been much better. Does anyone have a lot of experience using the 500 in slave mode. I know you can knock it back. Any recomendations. Vic
