Ubercharger Lacks Only Diamond-Encrustedness. Full disclosure: We are practically battery fetishists here at Strobist.
And the La Crosse Technology BC-900 Alpha Battery Charger makes our Wally-Mart Ni-MH chargers look like pieces of crap. This thing will charge your flash batts at user-selectable rates, condition them, measure their voltages and capacity. You want to be nice to your batts and slow-charge them all night long. No prob. Need them charged fast and rough for a job this afternoon?
Wanna know if your batts are up to spec, maH-wise? (More info and links after the jump.) It comes in full kit mode for $79.95. See what all of the fancy displays tell you here. . • Product page, w/full info: BC-900 Alpha Battery Charger• Cheaper, on Amazon (with very informative review) (UPDATE #2: Amazon set comes with 4 AA's, instead of 8, but includes 4 each of the "D" and "C" adapters.) (Thanks to Tony for the initial heads-up, and commenters for better pricing info Meanwhile, Up in the Cheap Seats Total price: $26. Sweet. HyperSync, part 3: the EOS 5D Mark II. The blank wall photos below were shot with an EOS 5D Mark II, at shutter speeds ranging from 1/160 to 1/500.
The HyperSync Offset value was selected to give the best result at 1/250, since that's the highest nearly-clean standard sync speed achievable with this camera. The triggering methods represented are: MicroSync The MicroSync Digital wireless transmitter and receiver Cactus One of the better-regarded products in the class of so-called "eBay triggers," the Cactus Wireless Flash Trigger V2s is also unique among low-cost units in that it both claims, and actually has, U.S. Canon EOS 5D Mark II at 1/160th Canon EOS 5D Mark II at 1/200th Canon EOS 5D Mark II at 1/250th Canon EOS 5D Mark II at 1/320th.
PocketWizard – Control the Light « Hochzeitsfotograf. Okt1 PocketWizard dürften jedem, der sich mehr oder minder professionell mit Fotografie beschäftigt, ein Begriff sein.
Sie galten bisher als Quasi-Standard für die Funkauslösung von Blitzen. Diesen Ruf begründeten vor allem die Plus2 und MultiMax-Transceiver, die als sehr zuverlässig, robust und Reichweitenstark gelten. Als dann der FlexTT5-Transceiver (und den MiniTT1-Transmitter) vorgestellt wurde, sorgte das für einiges Aufsehen. Zum ersten Mal brach man mit dem Klobigen, vertikalen Design, dem strikten „All Transceiver“ – Konzept und auch dem Einsatzzweck. Der FlexTT5 hat wie der MiniTT1 einen Blitzschuh, und er steht auf flachem Untergrund nur sehr schlecht. Nun gut, nicht jeder braucht TTL. Ob des Markenrufes waren meine Erwartungen hoch. PocketWizard Software Ist der PocketWizard per USB mit dem Mac oder PC verbunden, kann man die Einstellungen in der Software vornehmen. Pocket Wizard PC1 PC to Miniphone Cable - 1' S MPEX. Can you use a Nikon SB-26 flash on a Canon XSI? Yes, it will work, but there are some things to be aware of.
Being an older flash not designed for the digital age, it may have an excessively high trigger voltage that could KILL your camera. Most any modern digital SLR cannot handle flash hot shoe trigger voltage greater than 6 volts. Some older flashes had voltages as high as over 100 volts! But I have NO idea what that particular Nikon's voltage is. There is a cure though, WEIN makes a unit called the SAFE SYNC. Next, the flash will have NO automation with your camera, or even a new Nikon digital. You would set your camera to it's sync speed or lower. Discussing Nikon SB26 as second light with Canon camera body in Strobist.com. Mozella says: "If I understand correctly, it is useful when multiple flashes are in AA mode .....snip........
I believe this is the point. Somebody correct me if i'm wrong. Keep in mind the SB-26 is a FILM camera flash. The SB-26 manual makes extensive reference to the "D" (delay) switch for multiple wireless flash photography. Unlike our digital cameras, with film the slave doesn't join in the routine during the preflashes, but the big difference, and the main reason for "D" mode is that the more modern Nikon film cameras perform flash metering DURING exposure by measuring (with a special flash meter) the flash exposure reflected off the face of the film.
The actual flash metering system on the old film cameras is really more sophisticated than what we have on our digital models, but the wireless capability is not nearly as good. Our digital cameras with Advanced Wireless Lighting allow us to easily use a wireless slave as a key light and get good results while enjoying full TTL flash. 3 SB-26s and pocket wizard - manual output control? - Photo.net Nikon Forum.
Shawn Gibson , Jul 24, 2005; 09:22 a.m.
Hi Guys, I'm over here at the Nikon forum because I don't think what I want to do is available with Canon, for the amount of money I am prepared to spend. I want to wirelessly fire a set of 3 flashes on fully manual mode. The flashes will be grouped very close together (about 1 foot apart in a triangular pattern) and fired behind a huge umbrella. I want to be able to bring the power level of the flash heads all down, individually, to maybe 1/8 power. If I buy a Pocket Wizard Transmitter for my camera, and 1 Pocket Wizard receiver hooked up to one of the SB-26s, can I rely on this unit to wirelessly fire the other 2 units (and indeed, the Pocket Wizard to work in a way that has all three firing at the time the shutter is open, no preflashing or anything, just one nice POP!
Like I say, it will be for fully manual operation, and the need to dial down the power of all the units is very important to me. Thanks guys. PocketWizard für Nikon. Full Pocket Wizard kit is complete, plus some photos! - Pinkbike.com Forum. Pocket Wizard, CyberSync & Elinchrom Skyport Cables. Strobist.