Collin B wrote:
I need to re-shoot some of my new daughter-in-law/her mother pre-wedding
shots.
The originals, not by me, were done with her mother's hair still in curlers.
My assigned task is to reshoot them.
But I really do want something better than the pop-up flash on the K5.
Lens will be either the F50/1.7 or the FA28/2.8, though the FA28-105 may be
used as it's respectable.
Anyway. I've not gotten a digital flash before. What's a recommended unit
suitable for the K5 that will give quality results.
You're going to need a really big opener for that can of worms.
It's my experience that it's harder to learn to get good results from a
flash, than it is to learn to use a camera. Once again I'll suggest the
book "Light, Science and Magic". I'll also suggest that if you can, you
will want to get the flash off the camera and use radio triggers. The
yongnuo triggers are cheap and reliable. Unfortunately I have not had
nearly as good of luck with their speedlights. The YN560IV is an awesome
manual flash, for about a month, until it stops working.
I had horrible luck with my fgz540, but other people have had better
luck. I am curious about the fgz540-II. I've got a metz 58, and it's
serviceable.
If you don't need TTL, you may want to check out the lumopro
https://mpex.com/demo-lumopro-lp180-flash.html
Or their radio control version
https://mpex.com/lumopro-lp180r-off-camera-flash.html
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