Even though I already have monolights, I am interested a bit in what you have done. Namely the AF-540FGZ and external power packs. That is a big issue for me with weddings - flash recharge time. I am currently using AF400T with Quantum Battery 2 to get fast recycling along with good power.
Can you tell me more about the 540FGZ and Power Pack II's? And also if that flash can use other external packs? -- Bruce Sunday, February 18, 2007, 6:43:33 PM, you wrote: BM> I know that many of you have been toying with the BM> wireless functinality of the K10D since the last BM> firmware update. I was excited about it because I BM> wanted to see if it would be a low cost alternative BM> for doing product shots without the need for me to BM> purchase monolights. BM> So, I purchased a second AF-540FGZ and two of the TR BM> power pack III's. I also picked up a couple of flash BM> shoe brackets for my light stands. I set up my BM> seamless backdrop and tested the setup last night. In BM> short, it worked very, very well. BM> I had talked to Paul S. about the monolights he used BM> to create the shot he posted of the broshure. He was BM> able to achieve f11 @ ISO 100 with his setup. That BM> seemed like a really good target, since I'm hoping to BM> get similar results. Without much effort, I too was BM> able to get f11 @ ISO 100. Both flashes were set to +1 BM> EV and a flash output of 1/1. However, I probably BM> could have had both flashes set to 0EV and moved the BM> stands closer to the table or used more reflective BM> umbrellas and gotten the same intensity. BM> I like this setup because it has some distinct BM> advantages over monolights. Namely: BM> 1. the setup is less expensive than most monolight BM> packages BM> 2. it is more portable and there's less hassle with BM> cords BM> 3. there's no add'l transmitter/receivers needed BM> 4. lightweight, easy to reposition and transport BM> I put up two shots of the setup and six shots I made BM> for the tests. All were shot with the K10D in wireless BM> flash mode with the on board flash set to "control." BM> Flash WB was selected. All were shot at 1/180, f11, BM> ISO 100. The two lenses used were the A*85mm f1.4 and BM> the A50mm f1.4. All of the shots got some slight level BM> tweaking in CS2 plus I added some blue because my BM> smaller background paper is a shade darker than my BM> normal arctic white. BM> http://www.primelensphoto.com/wireless/indexK10D BM> Cheers, BM> Brendan BM> ____________________________________________________________________________________ BM> Need Mail bonding? BM> Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. BM> http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
