NYC Meets?

lensrentals.com? rent a couple PWs for cheap?
link

pocket wizards are overrated. besides, Victor wants to buy, not rent.

i use the cybersyncs (CST and CSRB) and i am very happy with them. Nick had cybersyncs too before he bought pocket wizards because of peer pressure.

Victor, for a 1dm3 with 430ex, you have the following options:
- buy a RF transmitter/receiver pair. the ones from BH look ok, i have no data regarding reliability, but you can return them if they are bad.
- buy a cheap vivitar flash and an optical slave for the 430ex such as http://www.flashzebra.​com/products/0118/inde​x.shtml (with the hotshoe adapter)
- buy a used ST-E2 IR flash commander (about 130$)

mihait wrote in post #11333606
pocket wizards are overrated. besides, Victor wants to buy, not rent.

i use the cybersyncs (CST and CSRB) and i am very happy with them. Nick had cybersyncs too before he bought pocket wizards because of peer pressure.

Victor, for a 1dm3 with 430ex, you have the following options:
- buy a RF transmitter/receiver pair. the ones from BH look ok, i have no data regarding reliability, but you can return them if they are bad.
- buy a cheap vivitar flash and an optical slave for the 430ex such as http://www.flashzebra.​com/products/0118/inde​x.shtml (with the hotshoe adapter)
- buy a used ST-E2 IR flash commander (about 130$)

Peer pressure.....from Mark or Tom...

Too late to rent.

TooManyShots wrote in post #11333636
Peer pressure.....from Mark or Tom...

Too late to rent.

i could lend you a CST/CSRB pair, with needed cables, if you want - just tell me how long do you need them.

mihait wrote in post #11333648
i could lend you a CST/CSRB pair, with needed cables, if you want - just tell me how long do you need them.

Thanks mihait. I really want one to see how it is. If anything, I can always return it.

I am taking my kid and nephew to the balloon blowing up on the west side tomorrow around 5, should be fun as we've never gone before.

Skrim17 wrote in post #11333815
I am taking my kid and nephew to the balloon blowing up on the west side tomorrow around 5, should be fun as we've never gone before.

What is that? Any website with information?

by the museum of natural history, they inflate the balloons before the parade on Thursday. 4-10 pm.

mihait wrote in post #11333606
pocket wizards are overrated.

And the FCC pocketwizards (USA) have interference with the 580 EX II and others

Skrim17 wrote in post #11334253
by the museum of natural history, they inflate the balloons before the parade on Thursday. 4-10 pm.

Never knew that!

So i created this thread and it apparently is taking off.

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=962859

vipergts831 wrote in post #11338491
So i created this thread and it apparently is taking off.

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=962859

Great idea for a thread! :P

TooManyShots wrote in post #11330765
Maybe Nick can answer this.... I am looking for a set of remote triggers for my flash. Just one flash. I don't want to go too cheap and having the receiver breaking off from the light stand. I got interested in the Impact Powersync 10 unit. One thing I am not too clear on it is that can the transceiver "alone" trigger my 430ex? Do I also need the receiver too?

Looks like you already got the information you need.

Do you want to retain ETTL capability or are you OK with manual flash? I've heard/read ETTL over radio is iffy. Pocket Wizard has these triggers as well as Radio Poppers.

If you do not require ETTL and are OK with manual flash, then a nice and cheap option would be the CyberSyncs. You will need a transmitter and receiver unit. The Transmitter goes on the hotshoe on your camera or you can connect via PC Sync cable. The receiver of course plugs in to your flash either via PC Sync cable or the adapter that Mihait linked.

nicksan wrote in post #11375980
Looks like you already got the information you need.

Do you want to retain ETTL capability or are you OK with manual flash? I've heard/read ETTL over radio is iffy. Pocket Wizard has these triggers as well as Radio Poppers.

If you do not require ETTL and are OK with manual flash, then a nice and cheap option would be the CyberSyncs. You will need a transmitter and receiver unit. The Transmitter goes on the hotshoe on your camera or you can connect via PC Sync cable. The receiver of course plugs in to your flash either via PC Sync cable or the adapter that Mihait linked.

Thanks Nick. Manual flash is fine by me. I got the Interfit $60 model. It works. If you fire the next shot too soon, the flash would have problem syncing with the camera and you get the flash clipping effect. I have another problem now. Do you know how to increase the light volume in a room with a dinning table seating for 5 people? On Thanksgiving, I was getting some uneven light intensity (flash light falls out) when trying to light up the table. Subjects closer to the flash would appear brighter than the subjects away from it. I bounced the flash off the ceiling and tried to match both flash and ambient exposures the same. I added a gold diffuser too. I think I may need to put another flash at the other end. Maybe even use some umbrellas to get some even light across the table.

TooManyShots wrote in post #11376485
Thanks Nick. Manual flash is fine by me. I got the Interfit $60 model. It works. If you fire the next shot too soon, the flash would have problem syncing with the camera and you get the flash clipping effect. I have another problem now. Do you know how to increase the light volume in a room with a dinning table seating for 5 people? On Thanksgiving, I was getting some uneven light intensity (flash light falls out) when trying to light up the table. Subjects closer to the flash would appear brighter than the subjects away from it. I bounced the flash off the ceiling and tried to match both flash and ambient exposures the same. I added a gold diffuser too. I think I may need to put another flash at the other end. Maybe even use some umbrellas to get some even light across the table.

you're being affected by the "inverse square law" - check these articles:

http://strobist.blogsp​ot.com …12-position-distance.html
http://www.scantips.co​m/lights/flashbasics.h​tml#1

to get even light exposure in your scenario, you either need more lights (to even out the falloff), or a much bigger light source.

bouncing off ceiling can work, depending on where you put the flash (i.e. somewhere where it can be at the same distance from all the subjects), but sometimes it's just impractical with large groups.

L.E. this article has some graphic representation of the inverse square law: http://lightenupandsho​ot.net …ew=article&id=5​&Itemid=31