How many speed lights do you have...

TMR Design wrote in post #11376358
As interesting as that video was, I had to laugh at the Christmas tree of Nikon Speedlight's Joe McNally used to shoot in the desert. I believe he has 15 SB-800's.

That's just ridiculous, even he would probably opt for a nice Profoto set up if he didn't promote Nikon.

I have one 580 EX which I use so little I still need the book if I use it in anything but the simplest way.

breal101 wrote in post #11377565
That's just ridiculous, even he would probably opt for a nice Profoto set up if he didn't promote Nikon.

I have one 580 EX which I use so little I still need the book if I use it in anything but the simplest way.

Of course. It was all in the name of promoting Nikon.

He could have gone out there with just about anything he wanted, so it wasn't like he thought about it carefully and then decided that the best way to light the shot was with 15 SB-800's. LOLOL

One and I use it for snapshots only. For my professional work I generally use five studio flash units that have modeling lights so I can easily see exactly what I will get when they fire.

Benji

1 580, 2 430s, looking at getting 2 B800s and a B1600

one main disadvantage studio flash have is that they don't have ttl control correct me if I'm wrong...another disadvantage and I could also be wrong on this is that they don't have HSS...not really useful in studio but if you bring your studio light out on a bright sunny day the HSS could useful....

TMR Design wrote in post #11377580
He could have gone out there with just about anything he wanted, so it wasn't like he thought about it carefully and then decided that the best way to light the shot was with 15 SB-800's. LOLOL

Actually If I remember right it was an exercise specifically to work with the speedlights. I semi remember reading the blog posts when it happened and they realized they had like 12 speedlights all together at the time so they went out with the express purpose of overpowering the sun with only speedlights. So no, it was not a "speedlights are the best choice" but more of a "lets go see what we can do with only speedlights".

580EX II and 430EX II

Mark1 wrote in post #11378489
Actually If I remember right it was an exercise specifically to work with the speedlights. I semi remember reading the blog posts when it happened and they realized they had like 12 speedlights all together at the time so they went out with the express purpose of overpowering the sun with only speedlights. So no, it was not a "speedlights are the best choice" but more of a "lets go see what we can do with only speedlights".

That sounds vaguely familiar but I still see things like that as Nikon (or any brand, for that matter) promotion. So many of those videos just come off like informercials and to some degree a fulfillment of obligation to the companies that drop gear on their doorstep.

I thought the same thing. But never did not hear about Nikon capitalizing on it. But it is still a guess if it was or not. There were there to speak at Gulf Photo, but you never know...

Oh, and to get back on topic.... I have 4 speedlights.

Three right now

580exII
550ex
540ez

Would like to have 3rd one eTTL so I can use it with mini/flex AC3.

1 - 580EXII
2 - 430EXII
1 - STE2

6 total; two 580EXII's and four 550EX's. I generally use three at a time, half of that is backups, but I also have a location lighting plan that calls for four of them, three of which are slaved.

2 - 430ex
1 - Viv 283

1x 580EX II
1x Sigma EF-500 DG Super
4x YN-460 II

1x 580 ex II
1x 430 ex
1x vivitar flash
2x b800s