Originally posted by hodgkinsphotographydotcom:
my 2-bits:
I use the radio triggers sold on ebay with 4 dipswitches. I only ever run 2 different channels, but they seem to work very well... the batteries in the senders last for ever. occaisionally, they go a little haywire, and will trigger off of someone's cell phone (or sunspots... who knows???) THis is a bonus, as it gives your wedding dancers a free strobe-light show. :-P But seriously, they're very compact, and have a decent range. I was in a huge church this weekend, and the flash I left by the alter was reliably triggered by me in the balcony -- atleast 200 feet away. These work great on the rebel or especially the 20d, plugged into the sync port, so you can use the top shoe for a toy-canon 580 (helps with focus) BEst part of the remotes, is you can buy ten for the price of one pocket wizard transceiver, do all kinds of cool stuff with 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th lights, and still have backups. Although a these radios are a little goofy, I actually trust my on-camera metz to the radios... it's as good as a standard POC sync cord, I figure... maybe better when you consider the cords would wear out quickly (I use a flash bracket). I'm actually thinking of mounting the sender in the spare battery compartment on the 20D verti-grip, I'll need to remove the guts from the sender's plastic housing to make it fit.
I just got a yake aikiphoto 200WS light... to test. Seems a little (plenty)shy of 200WS, but plently well built (tank like, really), and very consistent exposures. ran it in a tent-wedding this weekend, (next to an old white-lighning 10K) and all shots in the lit area were consistantly f8@400ISO! -- Rock On! No fan, but it seemed to run cool enough that it didn't set the tent on fire. pro-looks too -- the thing is the size of a 1000ws unit, prolly why it runs cool without a fan! |
Don't be afraid to turn to used equipment if you're in the market for lighting gear. There are plenty of good deals to be had, and there's something to be said about quality reliable equipment. I picked up a Visatec Litepac setup for $900 off ebay a couple weeks ago (2 heads, 3 batteries). And PocketWizards are never cheap, but I got my set for $265 which isn't too horrible considering I've never had a misfire (plus it works with my lightmeter).
Message edited by author 2006-10-09 23:16:39.
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