| Author | Thread |
|
|
07/05/2008 02:55:08 PM · #1 |
Last night, went out and took my first photos with an external flash. But wait, I can't afford an external flash! What I have instead, is a P&S I can fire off at the same time as my DSLR, though. The timing was, shall we say, difficult. Man, it was ghetto. So consider this image my first foray into the world of flash. Critiques welcomed and desired.
Also, anyone else ever try this method of external flash?
 |
|
|
|
07/05/2008 03:03:18 PM · #2 |
Never thought of it myself. The idea is pretty cool, the execution is pretty tough and the outcome is pretty darned good.
|
|
|
|
07/05/2008 03:05:49 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by zackdezon:
Last night, went out and took my first photos with an external flash. But wait, I can't afford an external flash! What I have instead, is a P&S I can fire off at the same time as my DSLR, though. The timing was, shall we say, difficult. Man, it was ghetto. So consider this image my first foray into the world of flash. Critiques welcomed and desired.
Also, anyone else ever try this method of external flash?
|
Sell your P&S, get a flash. job done. |
|
|
|
07/05/2008 03:06:07 PM · #4 |
| Nice shot. I use a p&s for the same purpose. I have found that putting the p&s on self timer works real well since it has a blinking light when the timer is on. The first 9 seconds get a blink, the tenth is dark and then the flash fires. |
|
|
|
07/05/2008 03:18:01 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Simms:
Originally posted by zackdezon:
Last night, went out and took my first photos with an external flash. But wait, I can't afford an external flash! What I have instead, is a P&S I can fire off at the same time as my DSLR, though. The timing was, shall we say, difficult. Man, it was ghetto. So consider this image my first foray into the world of flash. Critiques welcomed and desired.
Also, anyone else ever try this method of external flash?
|
Sell your P&S, get a flash. job done. |
Lol, good idea. Too bad I'm pretty attached to this little guy. Gotta have something for drunken parties and/or incriminating evidence. |
|
|
|
07/05/2008 03:19:01 PM · #6 |
Never tried this either...only the old "flashlight" trick. Clicking on the light at different times or with different filter over the light for different colors/effects.
Message edited by author 2008-07-05 15:24:03.
|
|
|
|
07/05/2008 03:24:49 PM · #7 |
I'll see you one point and shoot and raise you my dad's D200!
In this shot I had both my dad and my boyfriend trying to light the rocks in front of me better. Boyfriend had my old Sony F707, dad had his D200. None of us had external flashes on us. I ended up still having to Dodge the heck out of the rocks in post.
 |
|
|
|
07/05/2008 03:27:35 PM · #8 |
| Haha, awesome. I'm simultaneously pleased and disappointed I'm not the first to come up with this :P |
|
|
|
07/05/2008 03:51:35 PM · #9 |
| What I found works is this...Flash Slave trigger If the slave is close enough to your onboard flash it will work. One thing I did to extend that range is I ttached a long cord to the slave (I have one 100ft long). This gives me some serious reach on using an external flash. My camera doesn't have an hotshoe either. I just tape it right to the camera. Might look a little weird, but you do what you have to. |
|
|
|
07/05/2008 05:36:24 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by NathanW:
What I found works is this...Flash Slave trigger If the slave is close enough to your onboard flash it will work. One thing I did to extend that range is I ttached a long cord to the slave (I have one 100ft long). This gives me some serious reach on using an external flash. My camera doesn't have an hotshoe either. I just tape it right to the camera. Might look a little weird, but you do what you have to. |
I have a similar version, too. remote flash trigger It just reacts to any flash and fires the one attached to it (no batteries other than the flash required). I got some older used flashes off ebay. Obviously, there will be no automated TTL control with these, though.
I have also done the Open Shutter, Fire Flash, Close shutter thing mentioned. Once, at a lighting workshop, we all got to take turns using the Instructors gear, but we were also free to shoot (without flash) while he was working with studio strobes. I hand-held my OM2, used the B setting, and got into a rhythm: opened a bit before he shot, then closed: got some cool shots that way (though it was definitely hit and miss!) with a little dim motion blur/ghost of the model, with a crisp sharp shot of her at the moment the strobe fired. It was fun! |
|
|
|
07/05/2008 05:40:33 PM · #11 |
| Oh wow, nice idea and great shot! |
|
|
|
07/09/2008 10:44:26 AM · #12 |
| You can get a used Vivitar 283 and a set of Cactus triggers for about $65-$70 |
|
|
|
07/11/2008 12:12:52 PM · #13 |
| I really intended to do this today (portrait shoot) but forgot my p&s. Great idea! I'll have to utilize it sometime...hmm. |
|
Home -
Challenges -
Community -
League -
Photos -
Cameras -
Lenses -
Learn -
Help -
Terms of Use -
Privacy -
Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 03/15/2025 06:05:49 AM EDT.
