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Re: [OM] Flash Frustration

Subject: Re: [OM] Flash Frustration
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 20:19:16 +0100
Flash is the work of the devil. 

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> On 22 Feb 2021, at 19:41, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>     I've been embarked on a quest to improve my off-camera flash equipment, 
> only to encounter one obstacle after another.  Basically, I desire to have a 
> low power flash to use for fill, and there are very few affordable options 
> out there.  An FP-36 or FP-50 would suffice, but then there's the matter of 
> mounting it to something.  And then there's the off-camera cables.  One 
> (FL-CB02) plugs into a socket on the FP-1 grip (expensive and almost 
> unavailable), and the other (FL-CB05) has a shoe and a 1/4-20 threaded hole.
> 
>     I can make the threaded hole work if I could find an adapter that would 
> slide into the shoe on my #2 Power Grip.  I spent hours looking for one, and 
> when fully frustrated I drove down to Tempe Camera.  I told the counter guy 
> what I was in need of, and he took me to a display that had exactly what I 
> wanted for just $10.  So now I have the essential part for making use of an 
> FP-36 flash.
> 
>     But, will this be any better than what I'm using now?  With the #2 Power 
> Grip I can use a 310, T20, or T32 flash and take advantage of the extra 
> battery power available.  The T-32 has ND filters that will let me knock down 
> the intensity to GN11, plus I can tilt the head up for bounce.
> 
>     ARRRGH!
> 
> Chris
> 
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro 
>     - Hunter S. Thompson
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