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Subject: [OM] Re: Sunpack mini "digital flash kit" strobes
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:05:12 +1100
One of these will turn any old manual or auto flash into a slave  
flash for less than $10.
AndrewF


On 12/01/2006, at 3:28 PM, Tim Hughes wrote:

> The point of using two of these small units is to add a decent fill  
> at two different angles. The improvement is dramatic over one big  
> add on flash even with a mini-umbrella reflector/diffuser.
>
>   But really the main issue with most older add on flashes with  
> remote triggers is you have difficulty using them on the digi  
> camera because they get triggered by the preflash.  You have to  
> combine them with a counting remote trigger (eg the sunpak handle)  
> or in case of FL40 for example turn off  internal flash and  
> disconnect auto line using a card on the flash shoe etc. to stop  
> preflash.    So the attraction of the small digi remote devices, is  
> great simplicity and versatility.  (Since I am an EE, I was  
> actually thinking of just modifying some T20's, if this simple  
> 200ms delay works well for most digi cameras.)
>
>   I have friends who do cave photography for calenders etc and they  
> always use many remote triggered slaves. Based on lots of  
> experience doing this in caves, they started to do this for  
> pictures at parties etc., quick portraits etc,  where they always  
> just use small triggered slaves to add two crossed fill flashes to  
> a basic larger on camera flash (film camera).  The results are  
> really good, so whereas I typically use a Sunpak mini-umbrella  
> bounce thingy on my cameras with a larger flash and sometimes  
> combine with a remote high power triggered flash (modified auto- 
> ikelight ttl slave unit), I really like the simplicity of the 2  
> small remote flashes.  Since they are for fill and can even often  
> be strategically placed closer, they don't have to be all that high  
> power.
>
>   Tim Hughes
>
> Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 52ft is pretty weak - that's just under 16metres. Most tiny on-board
> flashes are in the 10-12m (30-40ft) range already. The Canon 220EX
> for instance is about the same size and has a GN of 22metres. I'd
> rather use a good, old manual flash and one of those tiny slaves made
> by Nissin, etc. I've found a few of those little slave triggers in
> junk boxes for a dollar or two.
> I'm using an old Sunpak Auto 124 - 24mGN, bounces and swivels to
> almost any angle, two auto ranges or manual, cost bugger all. In the
> hot shoe or with a Hama shoe to PC adaptor plus cord.
> One of the joys of digital - trial and error with flash until the
> histogram looks right!
> AndrewF
>
>
> On 12/01/2006, at 12:28 PM, Tim Hughes wrote:
>
>
>> http://www.tocad.com/flash/digitalFlashKit.html
>> Has anybody used this with their digi cams?
>>
>> Two mini-fill's like this can be excellent to carry in pocket and
>> ask bystanders to hold while taking pics at gatherings etc. using
>> remote trig.
>>
>> They claim wide digital compatibility by just delaying the strobe
>> by 200mS after intitial preflash. It seems surprising this would
>> work correctly with the wide variety of Digi cameras out there ?
>> Their digi strobe handle adapter is different (better), it counts
>> the # preflashes and has a number of count settings.
>>
>>
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