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Lighting (including on camera flash) and general studio chat.

  1. How to use the SB-900 as a WIRELESS TRANSMITTER

    Hey Guys and Girls, I'm just wondering if anyone knows how to use the SB-900 to fire off other flashes via wireless (without using the CLS system,...

    Started by Seinafolava, 07-09-2010 10:52 PM
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    08-09-2010 11:54 PM Go to last post
  2. Photoshack Lighting Kits

    Have any of you Auckland guys purchased any lighting gear from Photoshack in Queen Street, or from their online store. The gear seems reasonable in...

    Started by whittyp, 06-09-2010 10:51 AM
    auckland, built, buy, buying, crap, don, gear, guys, hey, interested, kit, light, lighting, narrow, online, pay, price, remote, set, store, street, super, thoughts, trigger
    • Replies: 5
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    06-09-2010 11:45 PM Go to last post
  3. The lighting how and why of a Time magazine cover shoot

    Pretty interesting video of how and why lit a Time magazine cover shot.

    Started by North of Auckland, 02-09-2010 09:12 PM
    cover, interesting, lighting, magazine, photography, pretty, read, shoot, shot, strobist, time, video, watch
    • Replies: 2
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    03-09-2010 11:50 PM Go to last post
  4. auto-fp flash power tests .

    This afternoon I did some tests to compare the power of auto-fp to normal flash . I used a solid white wall and kept the flash set at 1/1 full power...

    Started by Desmond, 28-08-2010 04:03 PM
    000, 100, 1000, afternoon, albums, aperture, auto, camera, drops, flash, full, head, histogram, interesting, jpg, light, made, moved, results, shot, shutter, speed, tests, white, works
    • Replies: 6
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    02-09-2010 10:32 PM Go to last post
  5. Flash photography- reading material

    What Flash photography reading material is out there that everyone should read? I'll go to the library and get an arm full of book :D

    Started by North of Auckland, 08-07-2010 03:11 PM
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    camera, canon, control, creative, find, flash, flashes, found, full, gear, head, hey, learn, light, make, man, material, models, photography, reading, shoot, sony, star, sun, work
    • Replies: 13
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    01-09-2010 09:47 PM Go to last post
  6. Fill flash graph

    I've seen various opinions of what 'fill flash' is . My thoughts are that it is when the ambient is the main light source and you only want to lift...

    Started by Desmond, 29-08-2010 09:33 PM
    albums, amount, art, control, dial, drag, exposure, fill, flash, frame, hand, hey, jpg, light, made, nikon, shadows, showing, shutter, small, star, subject, tests, thoughts, wee
    • Replies: 0
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    29-08-2010 09:33 PM Go to last post
  7. Useful lighting web link

    stumbled upon this and thought I'd share http://www.zeroplusplus.com/

    Started by Adam, 14-08-2010 02:26 PM
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    30th, 372, adam, adding, bit, blog, blogs, content, cool, good, interesting, lighting, lightning, link, make, nic, nice, photography, posting, reading, sites, tent, time, web, work
    • Replies: 16
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    29-08-2010 01:32 AM Go to last post
  8. Turbo-flash !

    Today my $2 flash arrived - a "Starblitz 120 mini " I measured the trigger voltage at 220 volts , put it on my D50 and fired a test shot .

    Started by Desmond, 03-08-2010 08:14 PM
    albums, arrived, battery, bit, blog, careful, difference, extra, fit, flash, fully, good, jpg, long, mini, put, shot, small, smile, strong, taking, test, today, trigger, tube
    • Replies: 9
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    17-08-2010 08:09 PM Go to last post
  9. Bursting water balloons !

    [Insane cackle in the background] Tonight I took my mini studio outside for obvious reasons :biggrin: First a test 'shot' to see how far the...

    Started by Desmond, 07-09-2009 08:17 PM
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    balloons, bit, black, blend, blue, bursting, fishing, fruit, full, function, good, hey, king, love, mate, photo, photoshop, range, remove, shot, shots, spring, strange, thing, water, words, yellow
    • Replies: 117
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    09-08-2010 07:45 PM Go to last post
  10. ND filters and flash photography

    Has anyone used a ND for flash photography? I assume it's so you can keep the shutter speed under max sync speed and get some nice shallow DOF.

    Started by North of Auckland, 05-08-2010 05:21 PM
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    auckland, camera, dof, effect, experiment, exposure, filter, filters, flash, full, ips, lens, light, mark, max, nice, photograph, photography, shoot, shot, shutter, speed, thing, tips, wee
    • Replies: 22
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    05-08-2010 10:29 PM Go to last post
  11. Nissin Di866 on the way

    Equivelant of a 580ex or so , should turn up before I head back to the UK will try post up a bit of a review. Should work on and off camera. ...

    Started by rjd, 22-07-2010 07:05 PM
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    $300, 300, 500, 580ex, auckland, auction, back, bit, camera, centre, don, early, end, good, great, head, joy, nice, post, price, reckon, review, time, turn, work
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    04-08-2010 12:46 PM Go to last post
  12. How to disable external flash on a canon 300d

    I have just purhased a Yongnuo-468 for use with my Canon 300D. I'd say it is a marvelous product - great build, has a swivel head, optical slaves...

    Started by zhi-lee.com, 01-08-2010 12:12 AM
    300, 50d, bit, camera, canon, control, don, error, external, find, fine, flash, great, head, how to, mounted, option, photo, product, read, set, shutter, turn, yongnuo
    • Replies: 5
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    02-08-2010 11:01 PM Go to last post
  13. The power in a flash capacitor

    I opened an old camera flash and am thinking of making a taser with it

    Started by Desmond, 30-07-2010 07:58 PM
    flash, hey, photography, watch
    • Replies: 2
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    30-07-2010 10:22 PM Go to last post
  14. Elinchrom Quadra

    Does anyone on here have one of these Elinchrom Quadra packs or tried them out?

    Started by North of Auckland, 28-07-2010 05:47 PM
    aware, battery, camera, carrying, change, flash, gear, good, heads, hey, jack, leg, light, pack, picture, pretty, put, ratio, setup, small, split, video, watch, wirehunt
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    30-07-2010 08:45 AM Go to last post
  15. The glowing filament shot

    I've been playing around with the idea of the smashed light bulb shot with a glowing filament for a while and today I went in to town to get some...

    Started by Desmond, 17-07-2010 07:53 PM
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    35mm, albums, bee, case, cheap, circuit, d90, find, flash, high, idea, images, iso, jpg, lens, light, pro, series, shoot, shot, side, speed, studio, test, town
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    27-07-2010 10:12 PM Go to last post
  16. Light meter- How to use one?

    Can some kind person tell me how to use a hand held light meter in the simplest terms possible? Brian Eastwood...

    Started by North of Auckland, 26-07-2010 11:30 PM
    aperture, back, bit, brian, don, dphoto, flash, focus, hand, hey, how to, landscape, light, link, lovely, red, set, shed, shoots, shutter, speed, subject, thing, tpm, wood
    • Replies: 4
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    26-07-2010 11:55 PM Go to last post
  17. Glide Reflection

    Glasses. Lightsources: Continuous halogen light under table, 580EXII to right and slightly behind and above (with mini-softbox) and blue gelled...

    Started by duncanm, 19-07-2010 09:29 PM
    100, 580exii, bit, blue, box, built, farm, flash, flickr, good, guys, jpg, mini, nice, niko, nikon, reflection, sensor, set, shot, slightly, static, trademe, wine, year
    • Replies: 6
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    20-07-2010 06:23 PM Go to last post
  18. Flash powered light bulb

    When I first did some high speed flash images with breaking light bulbs a few people suggested they would look better with a glowing filament . ...

    Started by Desmond, 12-07-2010 09:51 PM
    albums, breaking, bulb, choose, control, effect, flash, flow, full, fun, good, hey, high, images, jpg, light, older, people, put, series, set, setting, shot, speed, suggested, tube
    • Replies: 8
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    15-07-2010 09:02 PM Go to last post
  19. Flash photography and water

    Has anyone tried doing flash photography with water? I don't mean balloons and that kind of stuff I mean something similar to this video, maybe...

    Started by North of Auckland, 15-07-2010 10:07 AM
    balloons, blog, don, flash, flickr, focus, front, fun, good, light, model, photography, photos, posts, shots, show, side, space, stopping, studio, stuff, video, watch, water, waterproof
    • Replies: 9
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    15-07-2010 08:00 PM Go to last post
  20. Flash photography

    I want to get into using a flash, both on and off camera (need to buy one first though :D) and would like to see what you guy's and girls do with...

    Started by North of Auckland, 06-07-2010 06:58 PM
    4 Pages
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    aperture, auto, background, buy, camera, dof, flash, girls, guy, head, iso, make, photograph, photography, photos, post, put, sense, set, settings, shot, shutter, speed, subject, yeah
    • Replies: 33
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    11-07-2010 11:27 AM Go to last post

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