Don't forget the recycle time issue. With more power used, the recycle times increase - so you have to be aware of how much time between shots you have. The Fong unit does take quite a bit more power than a bouncer, so your between shot time increases quite a bit.
When I don't know what the ceilings will be like I take a Lumiquest Ultra-Soft and a Lumiquest Big Bouncer. One of the two will work even if there are no ceilings at all. Remember that everything is a trade off. -- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, September 17, 2009, 7:59:55 PM, you wrote: ps> You're right, Christine. The Fong Lightsphere will be marginal with ps> the 360. It sacrifices a couple of stops and requires plenty of power. ps> Paul ps> On Sep 17, 2009, at 9:40 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >> Hi Ed: Looks like you got some good advice from Ecki, Paul & John, >> so I can't really add much. As Ecki said, try to "sneak a peek" at >> the event venue, and see if you can ask about lights. Don't forget >> to check the color of the ceiling if it's a good height to bounce >> flash light. The shots on the thread you mentioned below were taken >> at a place where the ceilings were painted white and of good bounce- >> height, say 8ish, 9ish feet high. >> >> I have the Fong Diffuser (cloudy), and I find it frustrating to use, >> though I have the Pentax Flash 360, which is not as strong as Paul >> Stenquist's 540, so maybe therein lies the problem. Also, I have to >> chimp like crazy when using flash because of my flash poor skills, >> and I'm constantly plus or minusing flash compensation. >> >> I know I'm not much help here, but I did want to share this: for >> the geso mentioned below, I had the camera set to manual mode and at >> f4 and shutter speed say 1/30 - 1/60th of a second. Using these >> setting freed me to focus more on my flash settings and that was >> helpful. The learning point of that exercise was to try and blend >> flash with existing light. >> >> You probably already know this, and someone has probably already >> mentioned it, but I'll just say, I recommend shooting like crazy >> with your flash from now until the event. :-) >> >> Sorry I couldn't be more help--good luck with the shoot, and post >> some pics if you can. Would like to hear how things went. >> Cheers, Christine >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Keeney" <ewkph...@gmail.com> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 1:32 PM >> Subject: Flash Question -- Bounce v. Diffuser >> >> >>> De-lurking to pose a question... >>> >>> I've been nominated (not at my request) to take pictures at a end of >>> year dinner for my daughters softball team. I did something similar >>> about 15 years ago with an older setup I no longer have (theft). >>> Since then, things have changed, yet things remain the same. >>> >>> Here's my question... >>> >>> Does anyone have thoughts on using a bounce card versus using a >>> diffuser for flash shots? Any recommendations to look at? >>> >>> I searched the PDML archives and found Christine Aguila's GESO Flash >>> Practice thread from January 2009 (great work!). >>> >>> My equipment... >>> Body: K100D >>> Lenses: DA18-55 (kit) and FA50 (1.4) I have longer, but won't be >>> using those >>> Flash: Vivitar 285HV >>> >>> I can squeak something new into the camera bag under the guise of >>> needing it for this event. I don't know the layout of the venue, so >>> I'm not sure what I can get from a bounce off the ceiling. The >>> Vivitar doesn't swivel, but does have vertical bounce. >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks! >>> Ed >>> http://picasaweb.google.com/ewkphoto/PESO?feat=directlink >>> >>> -- >>> 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. ps> -- ps> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List ps> PDML@pdml.net ps> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net ps> 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.
