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09/28/2004 10:52:35 AM · #1 |
I am wanting to set up a studio in my house for portraits. I don't understand much about using studio strobes, more specifically how they are triggered. I have considered buying something like this
but I'm not sure if it will work with my sony f828. Do I have to buy a 20d to make a setup like this work? How are they triggered? anybody have any experiance with such things? thanks in advance.
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09/28/2004 11:45:01 AM · #2 |
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09/28/2004 11:47:43 AM · #3 |
If there is a hotshoe on your camera, then you can buy a flash, or a studio system with a trasmitter. the transmitter sends an RF signal to a receiver which trigs the "main head" which in turns trigs any "slaves". the slaves have a photosensor so it's the light burst that triggers them. pretty simple realy.
PS, I took a look at that page with the flash kit...I dunno but that deal looks to good to be true...an average flash head/stand/umbrella should cost you about 350$ (that's the lower end gear) so I'm perplexed with 4 heads for the price of 1 !!
the transmitter is also an important piece of the puzzle..I had bought a cheap 125$ trasmitter/reciever system...but I quickly went for the POCKET WIZARD...it's nice when the transnitter trasnmitts! (pocket wizard 500$).
Message edited by author 2004-09-28 11:51:47.
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09/28/2004 11:54:19 AM · #4 |
Those strobes would be triggered via your camera's PC port. If you don't have a PC port, you can get a hotshoe -> pc adapter. The Britek strobes all have optical slaves builtin, so if you have one triggered via PC port the rest should fire.
One thing to consider is the light output of the strobes. I would say that 120 wattseconds might not be bright enough for ideal exposure settings and groups of people. Just something to consider. I highly recommend the Alienbees strobes. |
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09/28/2004 11:58:44 AM · #5 |
LEARN about lighting...it's tricky but it makes or breaks a photo.
Do you know much about studio lighting or lighting in general?I'm not knocking you, I think it's awesome that you're investing in lights! *kicks ground* wish I could afford it, too.
Even if you don't know much, invest time in fiddling with the setup and you'll eventually get it :-)
The studio lights I use are cabled to my 10D which the 300D couldn't do. I think there was a post about that already, though. |
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09/28/2004 12:26:01 PM · #6 |
the use of wireless transmitters will negate the need for the PC cable.
Message edited by author 2004-09-28 12:26:19.
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