Good job. That works. Although I doubt that it's less expensive than a similar monolight setup. And with 300 watt second monolights that close, I could easily get f22 @ ISO 100. But the portability is an advantage. Paul On Feb 18, 2007, at 9:43 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote:
> I know that many of you have been toying with the > wireless functinality of the K10D since the last > firmware update. I was excited about it because I > wanted to see if it would be a low cost alternative > for doing product shots without the need for me to > purchase monolights. > > So, I purchased a second AF-540FGZ and two of the TR > power pack III's. I also picked up a couple of flash > shoe brackets for my light stands. I set up my > seamless backdrop and tested the setup last night. In > short, it worked very, very well. > > I had talked to Paul S. about the monolights he used > to create the shot he posted of the broshure. He was > able to achieve f11 @ ISO 100 with his setup. That > seemed like a really good target, since I'm hoping to > get similar results. Without much effort, I too was > able to get f11 @ ISO 100. Both flashes were set to +1 > EV and a flash output of 1/1. However, I probably > could have had both flashes set to 0EV and moved the > stands closer to the table or used more reflective > umbrellas and gotten the same intensity. > > I like this setup because it has some distinct > advantages over monolights. Namely: > > 1. the setup is less expensive than most monolight > packages > 2. it is more portable and there's less hassle with > cords > 3. there's no add'l transmitter/receivers needed > 4. lightweight, easy to reposition and transport > > I put up two shots of the setup and six shots I made > for the tests. All were shot with the K10D in wireless > flash mode with the on board flash set to "control." > Flash WB was selected. All were shot at 1/180, f11, > ISO 100. The two lenses used were the A*85mm f1.4 and > the A50mm f1.4. All of the shots got some slight level > tweaking in CS2 plus I added some blue because my > smaller background paper is a shade darker than my > normal arctic white. > > http://www.primelensphoto.com/wireless/indexK10D > > Cheers, > > Brendan > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > _____________ > Need Mail bonding? > Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
