No experiments. But I've shot with it quite a bit in open sunlight at
substantial range where the unaided flash is quite ineffective. It
definitely focuses the beam, so I'm sure that there's quite a bit of
gain over an unaided flash.
Paul
On Aug 2, 2005, at 7:39 AM, Tom Reese wrote:
Paul,
Have you performed any experiments with that gizmo to figure out
whether you get the two extra stops that they claim?
I've been thinking about getting one. I've been in situations where it
might have helped.
thanks
Paul Stenquist wrote:
Thanks Tom. Yep, the Flash X-Tender. I modified mine with a couple of
extra pieces of velcro on the brackets. It's a nice solution for
lenses longer than 300mm. Which means it will probably work fine with
a 200mm lens (or longer) on the *istD.
On Aug 1, 2005, at 10:04 PM, Tom Reese wrote:
Paul Stenquist wrote:
I shot this princely fellow yesterday during a walk in Bloomfield
Hills Nature Center. I used the *istD with the A 400/5.6 with an
A2X-S converter and the Sigma 500 super flash with the Kirk
magnifier. I need the magnifier with this rig even at fairly close
range since the biggest effective stop I can get is f11. The
shutter speed was 1/1000. Handheld of course. Note that only the
princely head is above water. The rest of the body is seen through
the murky pond water.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3594576&size=lg
Nice shot Paul.
I assume that the Kirk magnifier is the Flash X-Tender?
Tom Reese
