Since the battery pack puts out a known voltage, wouldn't it be rather trivial to take a DC adapter and just splice it onto a matching plug??
On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 10:23 PM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Bruce, Bruce & Paul! > > I was aware of the battery pack... and that might be just the ticket if I > were out shooting weddings & such, but I was looking for a solution for more > of a studio space... Easier to just plug in there than mess around with > batteries, etc. > > And wouldn't I like some monolights for Christmas this year...? I have a > friend with some Alien Bees that I have admired... Bruce W, which PCB line > are you going with, do you think? Any particular reason you choose those vs > d-lites? > > I think I had the 360 & 540 set at 1/2 power for this shoot... Probably could > have adjusted iso for 1/4 & done a better job keeping up with squirmy > toddlers. Not being able to shoot continuously when using flash really > changes the game when shooting little kids... > > Thanks again, guys, I appreciate your thoughts! > > -c > > > On Dec 7, 2014, at 7:01 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great kids portrait, Christine! > > As Paul mentioned, no AC adapter for the Pentax flashes. > > I think the TR battery pack is very much overpriced, and you'd be much > better off with monolights. The Elinchrom D-Lites are well-priced in > kits. You are in the USA, are you not? Then the Paul C Buff series are > available to you and are really good value. If you need portable from > time to time the Vagabond will power them (or D-Lites) in the field. > The monolights also give you a modeling light and audible indication > of recycling ready. > > What I do to get useful recycle times with flashes is set the flash at > 1/2 or 1/4 power and up the ISO a stop or two to compensate. ISO 200 > or 400 should work fine. With fresh batteries, at 1/2 power the AF540 > recycles at just around a second; at 1/4 power it's almost > instantaneous. By the way, using two or more flashes in tandem will > get you back your light power. Used at 1/4 power you get speed too. > > If you are getting recycle times slower than that then you may have > one or more weak cells in your set. Some battery chargers test for > weak cells. I use a little jig with a flashlight lamp to apply a load > and then I measure the voltage drop at the battery. A good cell will > only droop a little, while a weak cell will drop as much as a volt. > > But I'm getting really tired of the whole song and dance around > flashes and batteries so I'm gifting myself some Paul Buff monolights > this Christmas. > > >> On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello & Happy Holidaze to one & all.... >> >> I'm sorry it's been a while since I've been around... life has gotten >> busy and photographic inspiration has been scarce, it seems. So it >> goes. Hope all is well with you? >> >> I think I already know the answer to my question (no), but here goes: >> does anyone know is there an AC adapter set-up available for the >> pentax 540 (or 360) flash? My vivitar has one... the pentax flashes >> don't appear equipped for this. Maybe there's a work-around? >> >> I had a crew at my place yesterday for a quick Christmas card >> shoot... I often just go with natural light in there, but it was a >> rainy, overcast morning... and this bunch isn't much for sitting >> still... So, more light was in order, and it would have been great to >> have faster recycle times... >> >> Though, I wonder what the terminal velocity is for recycle times...? >> Would having AC power be any faster than running flashes at 1/64 or >> 1/32...? >> >> And, just to give you an idea of what I was up against, a peso... ;) >> http://www.christinenielsen.com/sharing/h1763AF#h1763af >> >> Thanks for your thoughts, >> -c >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
