Keh had a couple of white lightning x1600 strobes for about $300 each. On December 7, 2014 7:23:00 PM PST, 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.
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