Hi Leon,
>Yes this is a pain of a setup but it gives plenty of
>light and at 7 times magnification to the film I want all the depth of
>field I can get!
Wow. 7X?
>When I want to travel light I have actually made a double headed flash
>from a Pentax AF240FT and a Mecablitz 34BCT. I simply removed the
>flash tube and housing from the Mecablitz put a long cable on it and
>put the flash tube in parallel with the one in the AF240. I used cable
>with enough wires in it so I can add modeling lights later if I want
>and I probably will. The flash I bought cheap from a list member
>because the hotshoe had broken off but as I don't need it for this
>setup it didn't matter. I have the AF240 connected to the camera via a
>5p cable and a hotshoe adaptor F and the heads aligned vertically
>(assuming landscape format pictures) on either side of the lens at
>about 30 to 45 degrees of the lens axis. The whole unit is quite light
>and easily transported with the camera, though you do still have to
>ensure both flash heads are pointed at the subject.
Is the Mecablitz flash tube wired in parallel with the flash tube in the
AF240, using the electronics in the 240 to control both tubes, or are the
two flash units just powered in parallel with the electronics from each
controlling their respective tubes?
>I can
>easily correctly expose at 1:1 at f32 with a Sigma 105 f2.8 EX using
>this setup, and the lighting looks good too.
That sounds good to me. Do you have any pix on your site you can point me
to done with this setup? How do you figure exposure once you get over 1:1?
Thanks,
Dan Scott
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