Tanya, I carry some clear plastic bags to pop over flashes if there's danger of wetting. You could also spray waterproofing on the softbox shell fabric, and/or Scotchguard. If you're using them in the rain I think you'd want to do that anyway. Flashes inside softboxes are pretty safe from light rain.
But I guess I do have to agree that knowing there's no danger from water on your flashes would let you concentrate on finishing the shoot. However, one question: you said that Pentax having waterproof flashes would stop you from switching to Canon. Uh, were you just joshing there? Does Canon have waterproof flashes? Just curious. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:10 AM, Tanya Love <tanyal...@bigpond.com> wrote: > It totally is Larry! Just the other week, I had 4 540s set up with soft boxes > and was losing ambient light fast. The family I was shooting were almost over > it and we were just about to start shooting my final series of shots when it > started to rain. It was only light rain and pose no problem to the family or > my camera but of course as soon as I realised what might happen with any of > the flashes getting wet we had to can it. Booke in a reshoot, a whole extra > days work and all of that setup wasted! Grr! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 28/08/2013, at 10:54 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:49:32AM +1000, Tanya Love wrote: >>> This is huge for me! This could very well stop me from switching to Canon >>> for the time being. >> >> Yes, it's funny how a flash being weatherproof can be important when you >> don't expect it to. >> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 28/08/2013, at 10:06 AM, John Celio <neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 4:27 PM, "Dario Bonazza" >>>> <dario.bona...@virgilio.it> wrote: >>>>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/27/ricoh-introduces-weather-resistant-flash-units?utm_campaign=internal-link&utm_source=news-list&utm_medium=text&ref=title_0_1 >>>>> >>>>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/27/ricoh-announces-hd-update-to-pentax-limited-primes-15mm-f4-21mm-f32-35mm-f28-macro-40mm-f28-70mm-f24?utm_campaign=internal-link&utm_source=news-list&utm_medium=text&ref=title_0_0 >>>>> >>>> >>>> Interesting development. As an owner of the DA 21 and 35 Limited >>>> lenses, I am very curious to see how much of a difference the aperture >>>> blades and new coating make. I probably won't be upgrading my existing >>>> lenses, but it might impact which version of the other DA lenses I buy >>>> someday in the future. >>>> >>>> As for the flashes, there is one thing that concerns me: The new 540 >>>> II does not appear to support external power packs. The original 540's >>>> page on Ricoh's site for Pentax flashes lists the TR Power Pack 3 in >>>> the recycle times, but the 540 II doesn't mention that. Plus, there's >>>> no photos (yet) of the left side of either new flash, which is making >>>> me wonder if there's anything there at all. >>>> >>>> I realize there aren't many people who use external power packs, but >>>> I'd been planning on getting the TR Power Pack 3 the next time I shoot >>>> an event with my 540, and it would have been nice to have that option >>>> on future flashes. >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
