On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks, George; you cleared my confusion up. To control two lights you
simply switched to Nikon. Neat. :-)
Ha! That wasn't exactly what happened but that was the outcome. I
had been happily using all of my Pentax gear
http://www.paulcbuff.com/cc.php
I don't know if it has an app for your phone, but OTOH, it fits in the
hot-shoe and you don't have to keep one hand free for the phone or worry
about where you put the phone down while using the camera.
On 8/29/2013 5:01 PM, George Sinos wrote:
Larry said
When I first got my Cybersync from them I discovered that the old OLD
White Lightning 1 used a stereo 1/4 inch plug wired tip ring so
that the cable with the regular 1/4 inch mono plug wouldn't quite work.
I emailed their support asking if they sold a cable to fit, mentioning
that I had two
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 03:53:14PM -0400, John wrote:
http://www.paulcbuff.com/cc.php
I don't know if it has an app for your phone, but OTOH, it fits in
the hot-shoe and you don't have to keep one hand free for the phone
or worry about where you put the phone down while using the camera.
I
Quite so, John. Thanks very much for pointing them out. I was not
aware that the CC was so full featured, or that their wireless units
work with speedlights. Their price matches many of the cheap eBay
units and I'd trust them much more.
Still not as cheap as the Cowboy Studios gadgets, but when
Some things just can't be rushed.
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 1:02 AM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote:
How come it took them sixty years to figure out that rounder aperture blades
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I've been working with a two flashes trying to improve my portrait
skills for a while. I have to say the ability to adjust the flashes
from the camera position, either in TTL or Manual, is much more than
a convenience for me.
Since the flash units don't have modeling lights I really like the
I agree, George, and I used the built-in wireless features for a
couple of years, but I found serious shortcomings and eventually gave
it up.
You seem to be suggesting that you are able to control two flashes in
P-TTL from the popup. True? I could _never_ get that to work at all.
Either one
It probably hasn't taken them that long to figure that out - it's taken them
that long to realise it's a marketing point.
B
On 29 Aug 2013, at 13:27, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Some things just can't be rushed.
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 1:02 AM, J.C. O'Connell
On 8/27/2013 7:32 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 06:47:43PM -0400, David Parsons wrote:
Where do you get that Ricoh is abandoning the Pentax brand? Because
they haven't announced a full frame camera? Because the flashes don't
cover a 24x36 frame?
Sorry, I didn't mean for
Hey, I'd like to see a 24x36mm sensor Pentax too. If they change the
lens mount as some have been calling for, it kind of defeats the purpose
from my point of view.
On 8/28/2013 2:37 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 02:27:38PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote:
I believe Larry was
Hi Bruce -
In general we don't work too differently. Yes, I'm controlling two
lights. With Pentax I only had a single control. I tried using the
contrast control mode with a second flash. It worked, but never i
really got it to work well enough. But still, It was usable if you
have a lot of
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 03:46:05PM -0500, George Sinos wrote:
Hi Bruce -
There are enough controls so you can get yourself thoroughly confused
if you're not careful. If you want to control 3 groups at the same
time you have to add the SU-800 controller for about $250 or so. I
haven't had
Larry said This is why I want my flashes to be controlled vi wifi,
and with an app for my phone/tablet/computer where I can simply and
easily see and control everything from one place.
I have to agree with that. Sounds like a good kickstarter project for someone.
gs
George Sinos
This is why I want my flashes to be controlled vi wifi, and with
an app for my phone/tablet/computer where I can simply and easily
see and control everything from one place.
Agreed. Having on-camera remote group control (as Canons can do, say), is a
notch better than having to go to the flash
Thanks, George; you cleared my confusion up. To control two lights you
simply switched to Nikon. Neat. :-) Having read the Joe McNally books
I'm aware of just how sophisticated that lighting system is.
I'm happily remaining low-tech and individually metering manually
adjusted lights. Even just
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 03:46:05PM -0500, George Sinos wrote:
Hi Bruce -
There are enough controls so you can get yourself thoroughly confused
if you're not careful. If you want to control 3 groups at the same
time you
On 28/8/13, Dario Bonazza, discombobulated, unleashed:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/27/ricoh-introduces-weather-
resistant-flash-units?utm_campaign=internal-linkutm_source=news-
listutm_medium=textref=title_0_1
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/27/ricoh-announces-hd-update-to-
It totally is Larry! Just the other week, I had 4 540s set up with soft boxes
and was losing ambient light fast. The family I was shooting were almost over
it and we were just about to start shooting my final series of shots when it
started to rain. It was only light rain and pose no problem to
Tanya, I carry some clear plastic bags to pop over flashes if there's
danger of wetting. You could also spray waterproofing on the softbox
shell fabric, and/or Scotchguard. If you're using them in the rain I
think you'd want to do that anyway. Flashes inside softboxes are
pretty safe from light
Yes, Canon's 600EX-RT is weather sealed; same for the 580EX-II.
Alex
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Tanya, I carry some clear plastic bags to pop over flashes if there's
danger of wetting. You could also spray waterproofing on the softbox
shell
Ah; thanks!
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu
alexandru.sa...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, Canon's 600EX-RT is weather sealed; same for the 580EX-II.
Alex
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Tanya, I carry some clear plastic bags to
Sit on it and rotate.
On 8/27/2013 6:24 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 12:14:27AM +0200, Dario Bonazza wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/27/ricoh-introduces-weather-resistant-flash-units?utm_campaign=internal-linkutm_source=news-listutm_medium=textref=title_0_1
Very
I'm thinking those are Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price and
actual prices once you can order them from BH or Adorama will be lower.
On 8/27/2013 6:40 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
The LED add-on to the flash is a brilliant move, and way more useful
than the WR waterproofing. I understand the
I believe Larry was just being an ass, mocking those of us who do want a
full-frame DSLR from Pentax.
On 8/27/2013 6:47 PM, David Parsons wrote:
Where do you get that Ricoh is abandoning the Pentax brand? Because
they haven't announced a full frame camera? Because the flashes don't
cover a
Which you can _now_ do on the AF360 since Pentax added head rotation
to that model. I missed that the first read through, and it's a great
thing because lots of folks won't have to get the much more spendy
AF540 as a result.
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 2:18 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote:
Sit
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 02:27:38PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote:
I believe Larry was just being an ass, mocking those of us who do
want a full-frame DSLR from Pentax.
I wasn't *just* being an ass, I was also being humorous. And
I was not mocking people who want a Pentax with a 24x36 sensor,
I am
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Which you can _now_ do on the AF360 since Pentax added head rotation
to that model. I missed that the first read through, and it's a great
thing because lots of folks won't have to get the much more spendy
AF540 as a
Time will tell. When I bought my two AF540's in 2008 I was able to
shop around and get them for around $300, Canadian. Then came The Big
Price Realignment and they shot up to $700 list or so. The Usual
Suspects stores have them for $600 now, and I see you can get 'em for
as little as $450 in a
On 27/8/13, David Parsons, discombobulated, unleashed:
Yeah, but when the 'joke' is repeated ad nauseum, it ceases to be funny.
That would never happen on here surely
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On 27/8/13, David Parsons, discombobulated, unleashed:
Yeah, but when the 'joke' is repeated ad nauseum, it ceases to be funny.
That would never happen on here surely
Don't call him Shirley.
B
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On 28/8/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
Yeah, but when the 'joke' is repeated ad nauseum, it ceases to be funny.
That would never happen on here surely
Don't call him Shirley.
Roger that.
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On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 08:41:52PM +0100, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 28/8/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
Yeah, but when the 'joke' is repeated ad nauseum, it ceases to be funny.
That would never happen on here surely
Don't call him Shirley.
Roger that.
If you're going to
On Aug 28, 2013, at 2:21 PM, John wrote:
I'm thinking those are Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price and actual
prices once you can order them from BH or Adorama will be lower.
Preorder price at BH is the same as the MSRP. That may change over the next
few weeks . . .
stan
On
On 8/27/2013 6:40 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
The LED add-on to the flash is a brilliant move, and way more useful
than the WR waterproofing. I understand the motivation to cement WR as
a brand-wide thing, but it's unlikely to be of very much practical use
to anyone. Brightly lit raindrops
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 04:18:50PM -0400, Stan Halpin wrote:
On 8/27/2013 6:40 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
The LED add-on to the flash is a brilliant move, and way more useful
than the WR waterproofing. I understand the motivation to cement WR as
a brand-wide thing, but it's unlikely
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Stan Halpin
s...@stans-photography.info wrote:
On 8/27/2013 6:40 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
The LED add-on to the flash is a brilliant move, and way more useful
than the WR waterproofing. I understand the motivation to cement WR as
a brand-wide thing, but it's
On 8/27/2013 6:40 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
The LED add-on to the flash is a brilliant move, and way more useful
than the WR waterproofing. I understand the motivation to cement WR as
a brand-wide thing, but it's unlikely to be of very much practical use
to anyone. Brightly lit raindrops or
Wow! This is great fun! I'm happy for the Pentax line. I have the 540 on my
wish list, so when the money becomes available, I'll for for this one. Thanks
for posting, Dario! Cheers, Christine
On Aug 27, 2013, at 5:14 PM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote:
I just got myself a Metz 58 AF-2, it seems up to the task and is very
much more affordable here than the Pentax 540.
On 29 August 2013 10:15, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote:
Wow! This is great fun! I'm happy for the Pentax line. I have the 540 on
my wish list, so when the
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 01:07:23PM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote:
I just got myself a Metz 58 AF-2, it seems up to the task and is very
much more affordable here than the Pentax 540.
I'm happy, though not ecstatic with my Metz. A few things are more
awkward than they should be, like adjusting
On 8/28/2013 4:57 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 04:18:50PM -0400, Stan Halpin wrote:
On 8/27/2013 6:40 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
The LED add-on to the flash is a brilliant move, and way more useful
than the WR waterproofing. I understand the motivation to cement WR as
a
How come it took them sixty years to figure out that rounder aperture blades
improves bokeh?
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I just got myself a Metz 58 AF-2, it seems up to the task and is very
much more affordable here than the Pentax 540.
I'm happy, though not ecstatic with my Metz. A few things are more
awkward than they should be, like adjusting power in manual mode.
I've been fairly happy with my (slightly
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/27/ricoh-introduces-weather-resistant-flash-units?utm_campaign=internal-linkutm_source=news-listutm_medium=textref=title_0_1
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 12:14:27AM +0200, Dario Bonazza wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/27/ricoh-introduces-weather-resistant-flash-units?utm_campaign=internal-linkutm_source=news-listutm_medium=textref=title_0_1
Very interesting. That weather sealing is a very nice features.
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
It's really a shame that Ricoh is abandoning Pentax, and that Pentax as a
brand is
doomed. Imagine the cool stuff we'd be getting if they actually cared about
pentax. Did you notice that the lenses are all DA, and flashes
The LED add-on to the flash is a brilliant move, and way more useful
than the WR waterproofing. I understand the motivation to cement WR as
a brand-wide thing, but it's unlikely to be of very much practical use
to anyone. Brightly lit raindrops or snowflakes anyone?
But the constant light source
Where do you get that Ricoh is abandoning the Pentax brand? Because
they haven't announced a full frame camera? Because the flashes don't
cover a 24x36 frame?
Sheesh. It's the first update that the flashes have gotten in years,
and it's a feature that no other brand offers. This is a shot
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
Did you notice that the lenses are all DA, and flashes aren't even full
frame .
What's the difference between a flash that covers an effective FoV and a full
frame flash? Other than the markings...
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On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote:
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
Did you notice that the lenses are all DA, and flashes aren't even full
frame .
Yeah, but when the 'joke' is repeated ad nauseum, it ceases to be funny.
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Some people may want to check the batteries in their Humor Detector.
: )
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote:
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 06:47:43PM -0400, David Parsons wrote:
Where do you get that Ricoh is abandoning the Pentax brand? Because
they haven't announced a full frame camera? Because the flashes don't
cover a 24x36 frame?
Sorry, I didn't mean for anybody to fall into the sarchasm.
Sheesh.
I just had to buy a new 540 for my mopar nats shoot, as both of my old one were
at CRIS. Arrrgh.
Paul
On Aug 27, 2013, at 7:32 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 06:47:43PM -0400, David Parsons wrote:
Where do you get that Ricoh is abandoning the Pentax brand?
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Dario Bonazza
dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/27/ricoh-introduces-weather-resistant-flash-units?utm_campaign=internal-linkutm_source=news-listutm_medium=textref=title_0_1
Larry Colen wrote:
Sorry, I didn't mean for anybody to fall into the sarchasm.
I thought the notion of a full frame flash was pretty funny.
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On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 08:07:48PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote:
Larry Colen wrote:
Sorry, I didn't mean for anybody to fall into the sarchasm.
I thought the notion of a full frame flash was pretty funny.
I'm glad that somebody besides me did.
Not that I'll let a little thing like nobody
This is huge for me! This could very well stop me from switching to Canon for
the time being.
Sent from my iPhone
On 28/08/2013, at 10:06 AM, John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Dario Bonazza
dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote:
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:49:32AM +1000, Tanya Love wrote:
This is huge for me! This could very well stop me from switching to Canon for
the time being.
Yes, it's funny how a flash being weatherproof can be important when you
don't expect it to.
Sent from my iPhone
On 28/08/2013, at
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 08:07:48PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote:
Larry Colen wrote:
Sorry, I didn't mean for anybody to fall into the sarchasm.
I thought the notion of a full frame flash was pretty funny.
I'm glad that somebody besides me did.
Not
It's never stopped me either.
Godfrey
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