Comments on: Strobe Light Basics For Real Estate Photographers

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:43:22 +0000

You may want to update this with the advent of the new ETTL Pocket Wizards.

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Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:35:19 +0000

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By: Gar

Gar — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:46:24 +0000

Another great little slave flash that I almost never hear much about is the Morris Mini Slave Wide Plus – http://themorriscompany.com/Lights/mini_slavewide_+.html (no, I have nothing to do with the company). I shoot with a Canon 40D. I have a 580 EX II and a 430 EX that I use off camera in manual mode synced by a Canon Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2 (line of site only). Because the little Mini’s have a built in slave, they are great for lighting corners, small rooms that are off the room I am shooting, etc. I was lighting a kitchen in an empty home recently where I put a Mini in the sink to cast light onto the ceiling and creating a mood for the space.

I wish my Canon flashes had built in slaves like the Nikon, still I get great results with the system I use. The Mini’s are less than $35, take two double AA Batteries (I use rechargeables) and they fit in your pocket as you go about shooting. They do not have any settings except on and off. They do, however, have a crystal (plastic) dome that screws off and you can put ND, color or other gels inside the dome to control the light. I find they are invaluable in my shooting style. It took me a little while to learn how and where to use them, yet the results are great. I often find that I can light a room with a main light off to the right or left and use a Mini in my hand to fill in the opposite side.

If you do a search on Lighting with Morris Mini slaves, you can find a few post elsewhere that have some relevance to RE Photography.

Cheers
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Gar

By: Scott Hargis

Scott Hargis — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:56:58 +0000

There is rarely any need to use relay strobes to trigger opticals around corners. In extreme cases, when a light is placed very far away from any other flash (generally in the far corner of a distant room, or at the top of a staircase), or when a light is placed in a spot where it is receiving direct sunlight through a window, then relaying will solve the problem.

But I emphasize that this is extraordinary — I have to use a relay about once a month or so.

By: Larry Gasinski

Larry Gasinski — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:41:18 +0000

Ooops….sorry about the previous post. I didn’t mean to send it anonymously.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:39:58 +0000

Before I took the lighting workshop in Santa Clarita, I had already purchased 4 pocket wizards to use with 3 Canon flashes (580exII, 430ex and 540ez). When I saw how sensitive the optical slaves were on the sb-80dx’s, I purchased two of them. The optical slaves on the Nikon units are just amazing. I now use all five flashes in various combinations, and rarely have to worry about whether the SB-80′s will fire….even when they are in another room.