Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-02-02 Thread Michael Quack
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hugo_G=E4vert?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!? > > > The wireless flash commands from 550EX use 1/32 power of > > > the flash if I remember correctly (could also be 1/64). > > > > That is *ve

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!? (URL of the Flash Works brochure)

2001-02-02 Thread Daniel ROCHA
From: TRIFFONOV, Stillian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Could you please post the URL of the Flash Works brochure. It's at http://eosseries.ifrance.com In french (only) and, in the Flash section . -- PhOTo -- vOYaGe -- GrAPhiSMe -- Portail : http://perso.magic.fr/drocha * ***

RE: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!? (URL of the Flash Works brochure)

2001-02-02 Thread TRIFFONOV, Stillian
Michael, Could you please post the URL of the Flash Works brochure. Thanks, Stillian ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they ar

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-02-02 Thread Hugo Gävert
Hi! On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Vesa Perala wrote: > Hugo > > If you do not really need multiple Canon EX flashes for anything > else but your home studio then don't waste your money. I might, but multiple flashes... probably not. One 550EX is enough for me for "normal" stuff... :-) But thanks for th

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-02-02 Thread Hugo Gävert
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Michael Quack wrote: > > From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hugo_G=E4vert?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The wireless flash commands from 550EX use 1/32 power of > > the flash if I remember correctly (could also be 1/64). > > That is *very* little output. Not enough if you want > accented l

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-02-01 Thread Vesa Perala
Hugo If you do not really need multiple Canon EX flashes for anything else but your home studio then don't waste your money. I know it is great technology and looks/sounds cool but for taking ordinary portraits at home you don't need that. TTL flash technology may be beneficial in some cases thou

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-02-01 Thread Michael Quack
> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hugo_G=E4vert?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!? > > So with EOS 3, I'd need to use my 550EX just for triggering them. You can as well use a 5 US$ flash cable and a weak 5 US$ flash and put that in the cor

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-02-01 Thread Hugo Gävert
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Michael Quack wrote: > > From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hugo_G=E4vert?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Michael Quack wrote: > > > > > > Monitor http://www.photoquack.de/tutorials/diylights.htm > > > I am working on the translation, and have links to more > > > pages

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-01-31 Thread Michael Quack
> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hugo_G=E4vert?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!? > > On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Michael Quack wrote: > > > > for small budgets I'd rather go with cheap mains powered > > > > slaves. Give

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-01-31 Thread Hugo Gävert
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Michael Quack wrote: > > Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 10:03:37 +0200 (EET) > > From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hugo_G=E4vert?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Michael Quack wrote: > > > Too expensive. I do use studio flash where viable, but > > > for small budgets I'd rather

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-01-29 Thread Michael Quack
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 10:03:37 +0200 (EET) > From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hugo_G=E4vert?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!? > > On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Michael Quack wrote: > > Too expensive. I do use studio flash where viable, bu

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-01-29 Thread Hugo Gävert
On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Michael Quack wrote: > > From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hugo_G=E4vert?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!? > > > > Does anybody have experience about using the 550EX or rather 420EX flashes > > with umbrel

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-01-28 Thread Hugo Gävert
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Pierre Bellavance wrote: > Hi, > > Here's a setup that's not perfect, but it will work, for a very small > investment. > > You could get the Ikelite Lite-Link ($79.95 at Adorama) www.ikelite.com > This is a wireless TTL Flash Repeater on which you can put your present >

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-01-28 Thread Hugo Gävert
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Tom Pfeiffer wrote: > I use a 550EX and 420EX in a manner similar to your plans, which is to say I > use the 550 on the body and the 420 on a separate lightstand. I use a > Lumiquest UltraSoft on the 550 directly at the subject and the 420 is on a > standard Bogen 3322 light

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-01-28 Thread Hugo Gävert
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Jay D. Washington wrote: > > I have had good success using an umbrella on a light stand with a 550EX. My > other 550 is on the camera, usually with the on camera's flash set to off. > I get much softer lighting with this than with any of my lumiquest softbox > or pocket bou

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-01-28 Thread Michael Quack
> From: jorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!? > > > I am currently translating the DIY guide to cheap studio > > lighting into English. Wait for that, and you will find > > a lot more posibilities. > Michael

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-01-28 Thread jorge
Michael, I'm waiting for that translation... Thanks in advance, Jorge. > > Oh my. TTL, A-TTL or E-TTL and studio don't mix well. > In fact they don't mix at all. > You don't need anything as expensive. > There are a lot of possibilities aside of buying TTL flash. > I am currently translatin

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-01-27 Thread Michael Quack
> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hugo_G=E4vert?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!? > > Does anybody have experience about using the 550EX or rather 420EX flashes > with umbrellas or softboxes (like the ones from Elinchrom for example)? > What

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-01-26 Thread Tom Pfeiffer
r 550 so I could move the 420 to the background, but there always seems to be something else to spend my $$$ on. Tom P. - Original Message - From: "Hugo Gävert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 1:43 AM Subject: EOS Studio wi

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-01-26 Thread Pierre Bellavance
Hi, Here's a setup that's not perfect, but it will work, for a very small investment. You could get the Ikelite Lite-Link ($79.95 at Adorama) www.ikelite.com This is a wireless TTL Flash Repeater on which you can put your present flash, and you would use this with the built-in flash in your c

Re: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-01-26 Thread Jay D. Washington
I have had good success using an umbrella on a light stand with a 550EX. My other 550 is on the camera, usually with the on camera's flash set to off. I get much softer lighting with this than with any of my lumiquest softbox or pocket bouncers. There is no way an on flash portable softbox like

RE: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-01-26 Thread Lukas Lauw
Message- From: Hugo Gävert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 26 Januari 2001 14:43 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!? Hi guys & gals! Does anybody have experience about using the 550EX or rather 420EX flashes with umbrellas or softboxes (like the ones

EOS Studio with only Canon EX flashes?!?

2001-01-25 Thread Hugo Gävert
Hi guys & gals! Does anybody have experience about using the 550EX or rather 420EX flashes with umbrellas or softboxes (like the ones from Elinchrom for example)? What are your findings? What I'm thinking about is a small (very small) home studio kind of setup with one 550EX and 420EX flash (or