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D90 (actually anyone la!!!!) dinner, food photography and TCSS session
Date: Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Time:1830 onwards
Venue: T.Payoh North zi cha (Block 203 T. Payoh Nth, 250m from Bradell MRT)
Itinerary: TCSS, take food photos, discuss studio outing
1) Jeezuinn
2) Skylover (Di866)
3) Kriegsketten
4) Ongoinglearner
5) ZCA (SB600)
6) quizesilver
7) akerue (to be confirmed)
8) Smiles88
9) pasay
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thanks smiles. i guess it's basically the same group poisoning each other silly, with some new "recruits" getting ready to be poisoned. err, why put the flash models after some names (like sky and zca)? is this a flash poisoning session? :bsmilie:
Yeshhhhhh.... it's still on! Smiles88 posted the outting above, if wanna join juz slap your big name onboard! :bsmilie:
Btw, regarding SB900... Just curious, do you use a remote cord for it or do you just basically use it on the D90 hotshoe always? What about off camera brackets, do you have one too? Just wandering into the subject of flashes...noticed that there are a number of brands for brackets....some cheap some ex...
I've just checked the SB900 price... man, it has gone up! And heard that SB700 is a replacement model for SB600...
d90 has a built-in commander mode using the pop-up flash so i use that to trigger my sb900. or if i can borrow my friend's sb600, i use the sb900 as the commander (it's better than the pop-up as you can tilt the sb900's flash head to point directly at the slave's receiver sensor). by off-cam brackets, do you mean light stands?
if i'm using it on-cam, i always try to bounce off ceilings, walls, diffuser card, etc. more flattering that way.
i did get a chance to molest the sb700, it's size is comparable to the sb600 but more powerful GN. also more user-friendly interface than the sb600, with dedicated buttons and such.
i actually have all listed by you . . .
1. cord
2. wireless transmitter
3. on shoe
4. off shoe (remote)
i personally don't like the cord . . . but i enjoy 2 and 3 the most. Give quite a bit of creativilty in the lightings.
#1 & #2 are just different methods of achieving #4. on-shoe is mounting it on the hotshoe of the camera. off-shoe can be via cord, IR wireless (nikon CLS), or radio waves (pocket wizards, phottix, etc)
I'm considering a number of alternatives... wireless transmit huh? Roughly how much should one be looking at?
I'm even considering the R1C1... definitely usable for Macro but primarily for product shoots. One thing I'm left wondering is, do people use it for people shoots?
I really need to play with the flash settings on my D90... have been neglecting that part! Lolz
you don't need to buy wireless transmitters if you're using nikon CLS-compatible speedlights with your d90. if you're looking at R1C1, that comes with the SU-800 wireless transmitter as a set. some fashion photogs have used it for commercial shoots like magazine covers. gives a nice ring catchlight as well.