I just bought a Sekonic L358 that has a built-in trigger for Sekonic and Pocket Wizard radio slaves, so I'll be doing it that way down the road, but wasn't sure how to do it in the meantime.
Thanks. -- Thomas Van Veen Photography www.bigdayphoto.com 301-758-3085 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bruce Dayton > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 8:41 PM > To: tom > Subject: Re: Flash Stuff > > > Tom, > > I'm doing it with AF360FGZ's, but I suspect that it is the same for > the 500FTZ. Basically, have one light attached to the camera via 5p > cord and the others on optical slaves or use the internal > slave of the > flash. To fire each unit individually, turn the other slave flashes > off and use the test button. To test all of them, just use the test > button on the one hooked up to the 5p cord. Based on my > flash meter, > they fire according to the settings you have made. > > Bruce > > > > > Monday, July 15, 2002, 5:29:23 PM, you wrote: > > t> Check this out: > > t> > http://www.adoramaphoto.com/catalog.tpl?op=details&sid=10170 > 9784110084 > t> 467&sku=PXOCSAF > > t> If that doesn't work, go to > > t> www.adorama.com > > t> and look at the Pentax Off Camera Shoe Adapter F #31046. > > t> That's the wrong picture, isn't it? > > t> Another question...if I set my Af500FTZ to 1/16 power, > and hit the > t> little red test button, will it discharge 1/16 or 1/1? > I'm planning to > t> put one on a stand by itself triggered by the other flash and am > t> wondering how to meter it. In other words, how can I discharge it > t> without wasting a frame? > > t> Just watching the discharge rate it *seems* to fire at lesser > t> power.... > > t> Yeah yeah, I know, I should have radio slaves, but I'm > building things > t> up slowly so I know what I'm doing. > > t> Guess I can just test that when my meter gets here, but > I'm wondering > t> how other folks might do this. For now I'll have one > unit synched via > t> a 5p cord as the main light, and the other one off by > itself. I'll set > t> them both manually. > > t> How would you test fire each? > > t> tv > t> - > t> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To > unsubscribe, > t> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. > Don't forget to > t> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
