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 VIVITAR 285HV ZOOM THYRISTOR FLASH $14.96 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 13h 6m Bid now | Add to watch list |
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 Wireless Flash Trigger Remote Nikon D90 D5000 as RF602 $26.92 Time Remaining: 20d 22h 3m Buy It Now for only: $26.92 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
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 Wireless Flash Trigger for Pentax 645D K 5 K 7 K m K r K x K10D K20D K100D K200D $20.42 Time Remaining: 12h 19m Bid now | Add to watch list |
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 Wireless flash trigger for Canon 430EX 580EX II $26.59 Time Remaining: 1d 10h 43m Bid now | Add to watch list |
 RF602 RF 602 Single Receiver for Canon Nikon Pentax $19.49 Time Remaining: 15d 18h 32m Buy It Now for only: $19.49 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
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 VIVITAR 283 285 HOT SHOE TRIPOD MOUNT 3 HOT SHOES $9.95 Time Remaining: 13d 2h 21m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
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Camera Flash Accessories on the Cheap â Automatic Exposure Remote Flash by Stu Eddins
Remote TTL flash systems are nice and slick but they are expensive. Each flash can cost hundreds of dollars plus there is the cost of stands, umbrellas or soft boxes and more. But what if we could achieve something similar without a huge outlay of cash? We can build such a system and it could cost less than a single flash unit of the branded variety.
First Iâd like to get us all on the same page about what to expect. There is no free lunch here, but what we will discuss is a viable alternative for many photographers. This system is a blend of old technology and new and will likely involve purchasing some used equipment.
Further, the expensive branded systems have all of their remote flashes set and controlled from the camera position master unit; our on-the-cheap system will require the photographer to alter settings on each flash manually. This system is not TTL; the cameraâs meter isnât used at all to achieve exposure.
Many years ago Automatic Flash was the preferred system of flash exposure. The flash was mounted on the camera and exposure was determined using a scale and calculator on the back of the flash. After using the calculator settings were made to the camera and flash. A sensor on the front of the flash measured the flash output and quenched it when the proper amount of light had been emitted. It was a simple system and it worked very well for decades.
Our flash system is made up of three parts. First we need three flash units and they must be Automatic Flash-capable. Itâs time to get those Vivitar 283 and 285 flashes out of mothballs. They are ideal for this system. If you canât find yours try buying them off your buddy, they generally bring less than $50 each. Key here is to find flash units with Guide Numbers at or greater than 89 feet at 100ISO.
Next we need a set of flash triggers. For the triggers I like the Promaster 4-Channel Flash Trigger set. Here is the fun part: The expensive branded TTL multi-flash systems only work when they are all in line of sight. However the Promaster 4-Channel trigger is radio frequency operated. Line of sight not required! Our system will need one trigger and three receivers with a total cost of under $100.
Last, we need some stands or tripods to hold the three flash units. Here we have lots of latitude, anything that has a 1/4X 20 threaded post will do. Look for supports that can hold the light anywhere from a foot off the floor to several feet above the subject. If the photographer chooses to use standard light stands they will probably cost about $25 each.
Thatâs it, for about $300 we now have a three-flash remote lighting setup. All thatâs left is learning how to use it!
It will take some practice to develop the skills needed to use this system, but it wonât be terribly hard. Most of the skills will be involved with learning lighting patterns and there are dozens of books on the subject. What concerns us however is discovering the settings we need to use with our new system.
Letâs assume that we have a basic three-light setup: a fill light near camera position, a main light to one side of the subject and a hair light on the other side. The first thing we need to do is determine the setting for our main light. We use the calculator on the back of the flash and find the correct aperture for our camera. We set the flash sensor for this as well. Next we set the camera at the calculatorâs f-stop and the shutter speed to 1/90 second. Now we have a good exposure setting for our main light.
Next we take the settings we calculated for our main light and set our fill flashâs sensor to expose one stop less. This is a little counterintuitive because we are setting the shut off point of the flashes not the exposure point. If the main light is set for f/5.6 our fill light could be set one stop less â f/4.0 for example. We want one stop less light so the fill flash has to turn off faster than the main flash. The third flash, the hair light, we want to have one stop more exposure so we set it to shut off at f/8.0.
We are ready for a test. The camera shutter is tripped and the main flash pumps out enough light to expose at f/5.6, the correct exposure for the subject. The fill light has been fooled to turn off at an exposure of f/4.0 so it will supply one less stop of flash than the main. The hair light has been told to expose for f/8.0 so it will pump out one stop more light than the main flash.
The result will be a subject with a well exposed light from the side, the frontally positioned fill light to lessen shadows across the face, and a brighter hair light to offer separation of the subject from the background. The first attempts may look stark and unforgiving, but practice in positioning the lights will pay off well in eliminating the problem.
It will take some practice to determine the correct working distances between flash and subject. Further, if light modifiers such as umbrellas or soft boxes are used we need to make sure that the flash unitâs sensor is still able to âseeâ the subject. I would strongly suggest that all three flash units be the same brand and model; it will help reduce any inconsistencies from one use to the next.
Experiment with different combinations of f-stop settings on the flashes. Try bouncing the flash to reduce the stark quality of the light or shoot through a handkerchief. Once the photographer has mastered the basics of this three-light system it can serve as a useful skill for years.
Stu Eddins is blogger, instructor, merchandiser, and is generally in charge of a lot of things for Porter's Digital Cameras and Imaging. Years of experience over the counter and in classrooms have turned Stu into an evangelist for image preservation, capturing and sharing memories, and helping people understand digital cameras, Camera Flash Accessories.
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Will using a Vivitar 285 flash unit damage my Nikon D200?
A guy at the photo store I go to told me that using my Vivitar 285 was ok with my N6006 film body, but not with my D200 digital body and that it would "fry" the circuit board in the D200. I didn't think the 285 had a high enough voltage for that. Anyone have any info?
Yes, you run the risk of frying your camera. I have two Vivitar flashes and a Braun flash all of which represent a similar risk.
The problem is that in the film days the sync was simply a switch in the camera so it didn't matter what voltage was in the flash, the camera simply turned the flash on and off. The digital SLRs however are a bit different. There's a circuit board behind the flash shoe, not a simple switch and that circuit board works on a very low voltage, a lot lower than a typical flash from the past. This is what gets fried eventually.
The modern flashes get around the problem by having a very low voltage current in the actual shoe. When the circuit board activates the flash it turns on that low voltage current which then in turn activates the flash inside the flash unit. The camera itself does not activate the flash, only that low voltage activating circuit.
But all is not lost. You can buy a little gadget that will fit in the flash shoe of the D200 called a Wyne Safesync. By sitting between the camera and the flash the camera is protected from the voltages of the flash and everything works just like in the past. I have one and it's worked perfectly with all three of my flashes.
I don't recall what I paid for it but it's not cheap. I think it was well over a hundred dollars but then that's still a lot cheaper than buying a new flash or repairing the camera.