hi....it's been a while since i've been on
here....but i've got a question for y'all.
a girl i met while photographing this year's
chinese new year parade in san francisco (she admired my big f/2.8 zoom lens)
asked me i could do some photography for a fashion show she and her friend are
putting together. i would be taking pictures of subjects with my PZ-1p
and FTZ-500. i know that close up shots with a direct flash are kinda
harsh....so i was wondering, what would fit the FTZ-500 to diffuse the
light? i looked at the Lumiquest Softbox...but wasn't sure if it would
fit (haven't been to the store with my FTZ-500 and credit card in hand).
oh yah, i'm using a Lindahl Specialites off camera flash bracket too--that
should help too. anybody using a diffuser on the FTZ-500?
I did something similar a few
months ago, with a similar lens and never used anything on my
500ftz.
I used a professional Manfrotto monopod
with the Manfrotto extendable flash arm bracket that raises the
flash high enough to eliminate the red eye problem and still allowed me
to mount my camera on a simple ball head fitting for portrait or
landscape orientation.
Simple, effective, and a pleasure to
use.
I used an off camera cable of course,
and a Quantum Turbo Z booster to allow for quick
recycling.
I
was a fair way away from the cat walk so I stood on a chair against a wall and
balanced everything on that while using the wall
for support and safety and just waited for the models
to momentarily pause as they strode down the run way and snapped them
when I thought I had a good
composition.
It was so much fun......photographing beautiful,
gracious, elegant ladies is so cool.
oh yah, one more question. the Lumiquest
Softbox sez that 1 1/2 stops would be loss due to the diffuser...does that
mean i set the exposure comp to - or + 1 1/2 on my PZ-1p?
No, it simply means the flash will have to pump out 1
+ 1/2 more stops of light to get correct exposure.
The TTL circuitry will automatically take care of
this if you have the Pentax Function 7 set to off.
All the more reason not to use a diffuser if you are
shooting from afar....power consumption and recycle times will be that much
slower.
please send any comments directly to me....i
don't wanna clutter the list
Hey, that what this list is all
about........sharing and learning.
thanks for your time!
Your welcome,
Regards.......Max
quoc bao raphael tran
psst. the "big" f/2.8 zoom lens in question
is a Tokina ATX f/2.8 80-200mm....so not tooo great...albeit big
=)
