I usually shoot things like receptions and parties with 2 to 4 studio
lights off-camera plus an on-camera flash. I use a high voltage power
pack for fast recycling... 1-1/2 seconds or less. Trying to catch "the
moment" during the Horah at a Jewish wedding or Bar/Bat Mitzvah may
require multiple shots without much time for battery recycling. Other
events are usually not so hectic and time critical.
Chuck Norcutt
Ken Norton wrote:
>> I have a Stroboframe [essentially, three sides of a square] on which the
>> flash gun is held at the left hand end of the upper arm. The camera is held
>> on a plate attached to the lower arm. The plate itself can sit parallel to
>> the lower arm or be moved in a closewise direction through 90 degrees such
>> that when the camera is taking a photo in vertical or portrait mode the
>> flast gun is still vertically above the lens axis.
>>
>
>
> I love the stroboframe, but have noticed that the trend in on-camera
> lighting is moving away of the lens-axis to slightly off-axis again because
> of the lack of modeling. A handle-mount flash gives the modeling, but does
> need to be diffused a bit to kill the hard-edged shadows around the nose and
> below the chin. The Stroboframe is perfect for killing shadows in the
> background, but the faces end up with a very flat looking lighting.
>
>
> Having four or however many AA batteries in the flash gun cannot exert any
>> forward twisting torque on the body / lens combo. The flash gun is detached
>> from the camera body.
>>
>
>
> I use the Vivitar 285HV with no external battery pack on the Stroboframe.
> Weight of my Stroboframe is a bit more than some because it is the type
> that has the mechanism for rotating the camera. My limit for carrying it
> around, however, is about four hours before my back locks up. Lately, I've
> been testing the waters with off-camera flash--where the flash units are
> stand mounted someplace and I just have the radio trigger in the hot-shoe.
> This makes for a much lighter configuration and I essentially have no time
> limits with my back. Especially If I'm using an OM body with a small prime
> like the 35/2.8.
>
>
>
>> The only impediment to having a few extra ounces added to the flash gun in
>> the form of 4 AA batteries is that the human being carrying the entire rig
>> will be exhausted three or four minutes ahead of the time had those four AA
>> batteries not been included in the flash gun !
>>
>
>
> I'm in the midst of doing a tear-down of the battery pack for a T45. There
> are 20 AA cells in that thing.
>
>
>
>> Several years ago I shot a wedding using an OM4T and a Metz 60 CT4 [not
>> using the Stroboframe!] . The weight of the dry fit battery carried on a
>> shoulder strap was a real pain ............. definitely more than the
>> marginal to non-existant additional weight of 4 AA batteries :-))
>>
>
>
> I really dislike external battery packs. By the time you're carrying two
> cameras around, the battery pack becomes a real pain and you think you're
> going to get strangled.
>
> AG
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