William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Maas"
Subject: Re: Who wants to see a clue as to next Pentax DSLRs ?
Those popup flashes are too useful for anybody doing wireless TTL
flash (which is a lot of people these days).
This would explain why I think they are useless. I still haven't
mastered TTL flash, and I use Pocket Wizards for wireless...
William Robb
Don't knock using the PUF for wireless flash ... it works very well, for
a fraction of the price of Pocket Wizards -- essentially zero dollars. :-)
I did some live music shots last week that way. I parked a 540FGZ
attached to a mini-tripod on top of a house speaker, stage left. Flash
set for 58mm and aimed along the row of mics. Then I wandered around
front of stage and got shots, all P-TTL using the PUF as wireless
controller. Many excellent shots with dramatic side-lighting resulted.
No musicians harmed by on-camera flash and no red-eye. Was able to
control the flash remotely power from the K20D's Fn menu.
At one point, the speaker-mounted 540 wasn't able to see the K20D's
pop-up, so I simply held my free hand at an angle to reflect the flash
upward toward the 540 -- bingo! Got flash.
I was inspired by reading Joe McNally's Hot Shoe Diaries. :-) Good book.
-bmw
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