Bruce, yes, both were with the 283, auto setting on the yellow at f/5.6, iso 400. I was using the Sigma 17~70 at about 50mm, maybe 4 feet from the subject. I had the flash loaded with the AA Lithium batteries. They were removed from the Sigma flash and I don't remember how fresh they were but the flash was instantly ready again at that short distance. I know what you mean about running out of power at weddings. I shot them damn things for over 20 years. My last one was in 2003, except for a very small event for a close friend. It was a piece of cake on digital, but I was not happy with the Sigma flash, mainly because of the P-TTL procedure. I bought the 283 yesterday on a whim while looking in a local used camera store for a lens cap. The flash works perfectly on the K10, no more P-TTL crap! Just set the f stop and shutter speed and fire away. I was pleased to see that the flash settings (iso/f stop) were very accurate from fairly close to across a large room in the house.
Walt On 6/18/08, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Walter, > > If I am reading between the lines properly, you shot with the Vivitar > for both shots, both using the Vivitar Auto exposure leaving the > camera settings the same. > > To shoot a vertical shot with the Vivitar you would then need a > bracket for either lightsphere or Lumiquest, I take it. > > What was the approximate distance to subject? Any estimate on light > loss due to the light modifier? > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 5:40:25 PM, you wrote: > > WH> Paul's thread got me to thinking. I have a Lightsphere, the cloudy > WH> looking version. I have tried it on the Sigma 500 flash with poor > WH> results that I attribute to P-TTL. May be wrong. > WH> Anyway, today I purchased a Vivitar 283 and put the velcro on it to > WH> attach my Lumiquest bounce hood. The initial tests reminded my again > WH> why I liked the Vivitar and Sunpak flash units with the simple auto > WH> feature. > WH> Then I decided to see how the Lightsphere would react. Not bad, but > WH> there are some subtle differences between the two. The attached > WH> photo's show. I believe each is captioned to show which was which. > > WH> Walt > > WH> http://walthamler.smugmug.com/gallery/4592986_mrB5J#315094136_KwVvH-XL-LB > > WH> http://walthamler.smugmug.com/gallery/4592986_mrB5J#315094132_wiZxw-XL-LB > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
