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[OM] Re: Attn. Dr. Flash: Radiopopper update; yours for only 350!

Subject: [OM] Re: Attn. Dr. Flash: Radiopopper update; yours for only 350!
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:28:50 -0400
Them what shoots only manual don't have to worry about TTL flash support 
for their cameras.  You can buy a really good incident/flash meter for 
much less than this radiopopper and the meter will always do a much 
better and more accurate job for you.  I like the Sekonic L-358 because 
it has a reasonable price and also does ambient/flash ratios which gives 
you perfect control over fill flash.  Fill flash is right when the meter 
reads 20-30% flash vs ambient.  Mine also has the built-in Pocket Wizard 
transmitter but I don't use it since I won't pay the freight for a 
Pocket Wizard.  You can achieve the same result by attaching a yabe 
transmitter to the PC cable connection on the meter.
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/221078-REG/Sekonic_401358_L_358_Flash_Master_Meter.html>


The cheap yabe transmitters are certainly more prone to failure than a 
better quality piece of gear but any piece of gear can fail and so you 
should have backup... especially if the backup is cheap like the yabe 
transmitters.  I have 5 of them.  I typically don't use more than two at 
a time although I have used as many as four at once for background light 
in a really large reception hall.  Normally it only takes one or two 
since the other strobes are usually close enough that they can be 
triggered by their built-in optical slaves (Alien Bees).  I also use 2-4 
T-32's with umbrellas on light stands for portability outside.  Then I 
need two receivers if I'm using two light stands.

Chuck Norcutt

usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> More news available.  It supports high speed synch but no OLY support 
> apparent. :-(
> 
> My yabe radioslave transmitter was DOA in Pittsburgh.  I even had 
> checked it prior to departure.  Magic trigger seller dutifully honored 
> the warranty
> and a replacement should be here any day.
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> http://radiopopper.com/pdf/radiopopper_news_01.pdf

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