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Coming to the party late, but great choice. I went long lens hunting last year. Had an old 200-400 Tamron and wanted better. Looked at the Tammy, Siggy and Nikon. Bought the 200-500 after trying all three on my D610. Now also have a D7100 and my 200-500 pretty much lives on the D7100. I...

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/850279-REG/Impact_fa_300hs_Triple_Hot_Shoe_Mount.html I bought this from B&H and it does what I wanted it to do - allow me to put multiple flashes inside my Apollo Softbox as shown. I have read that while there is a significant benefit to bundling...

My B&H order arrived at the Co-Op today. (Ya know your in farm country when the courier pick up place is the local Co-Op farm supply co.) Added a Westcott Apollo 28x28 softbox with grid to my collection...

Slight variation on the theme here. A "Beer Cozy" Grid In this case a "Credit Union Cozy" Grid as the bit of swag I used came from a Calgary Credit Union. I used styrene tubes I had in my model railroading building materials box. But I suppose straws would work. Styrene glues really nicely...

Time for an update on this "getting to M with OCF" story. So after much consternation and internal debate I decided to go with the Godox line. Looked long and hard at Pocket Wizard but since one of my three flashes have a PC sync I'd have to go with the hotfoot models or buy new flashes the...

Out and about today and found the perfect "Trigger Bag" - a Lowe Pro SH100. Designed for smaller cameras it came with one adjustable padded bit that I was able to use to create two compartments, the lower one holds the two receivers (I've since put in a lens cloth to separate them to reduce...

And I bought a Neweer 24"x24" Softbox with grid. It seems solid enough and the price was right. Came with an "S" type bracket and grid included. Been watching video's on lighting and frequently see suggestions to use grids and I didn't have any. Now I do. I also bought a small circular...

Some of the gear from my on-line shopping spree arrived. After much consternation and back and forth on all the options out there finally pulled the trigger on Godox X1 Triggers. Looked v. hard at going with Pocket Wizards - but the price was just too high. All of these are less than the...

I'll see that 2T and raise you 2 more Picked up a 4T portable drive for off site safe storage. Wish I could upgrade the memory in my head as easily as the memory on my PC.

Well I was convinced that if I was serious about learning lighting then I needed a good light meter. Ordered one from "The Camera Store" in Calgary and it arrived in today's post. Now - to learn how to use it. I see myself spending some quality YouTube Learning time.

Even 2.26 is too big. Is this a policy change?

Found a review on line that explained that in flash mode (which he said must be done in Manual as I discovered) but the flash is 'about twice the light" as the constant. Good to know. The review is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKw45qxawAI Tried your suggestion of ISO 100 - 1/250...

Jack giving his "seriously" look.

Still adding to my lighting collection Bought an Aputure Amaran Halo LED Ring Flash This one was a bargain at about $80 (CDN$) Bought from "The Camera Store" Aputure Amaran Halo LED Ring Flash - Nikon Mount Here are a couple of sample shots - taken with a 60mm Nikkor Macro 2.8 lens...

Gotta get that "Cake Smash" photo. Here's a couple of mine. from my grandson's first birthday

lighting up my wallet with two new lights Strubepro is rebranded Godox sold out of a shop in Calgary for Canadians the speedlight is Godox V850ii and is a Master features lithium rechargable battery the bigger one is a Godox Witsrow 360ii - in States Adorama calls this Flashpoint 360 a...

I told my dearly beloved that I was interested in these new fangled flying camera drone things. She bought me one of these. That's my cell phone it is sitting one with a quarter beside it to give you an idea of the scale. I have not yet made it fly properly - but boy can I crash it with a...

So I tried the optical slave - by which I mean I turn the SB-700 to "SU-4" from the manual it says: "SU-4 type wireless multiple flash-unit photography: wireless multipleflash-unit photography suited to taking picture of a fast-moving subject" - but I thought it just meant that with SU-4 the...

Thanks for the recommendations - decided to get a Nikon 1 J5 for the Children's Centre where I work. The P100 we have is so poor at autofocus we get more blurry shots than keepers. This one I hear is supposed to be super fast at autofocus. So while it is the latest purchase I made - does it...

Black chlorite sculptures