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Thanks Venturi.

So how is the strobist thing coming for you? Not much activity around here as of late.

I hope that we can put our heads together and work on this.

Just wanted to say that I got my Cactus equipment now. I bought the softbox combo and an extra trigger. I have a 360 and an old 160 with a recycle time of about five days, but it works as a fill light. I've only tested the equipment so far and everything works great! Hopefully I will be posting lots of great pictures soon.
Keep posting techniques and other tips, the strobist way rocks!

I've been following Strobist for a while now and I'm glad to see a group on the forums dedicated to this. I have been playing around with my AF540 in wireless mode so far, but I plan on getting the Cactus V4's soon so I can use my Vivtar 285HV as well. I have a Giotto's 10' light stand, an Adorama convertable 33" umbrella, and a 42" 5-way convertible reflector w/ stand. Hopefully we can all learn from each other and this group will be around for a while. I would hate for it to be gone in a flash... (pun intended)

Pentax_XTC - As you well know, I'm in the Atlanta area. My Strobist setup includes 3 Cactus triggers, so if you want to check out how they work before you order them, maybe we can get a few local Pentaxians together for a "share & shoot".

Sounds good to me. Do you have the V2s or the V4?

I actually had to look! (I have had 'em over a year and a half, so pre-v4). They are V2s. I thought about getting better triggers, but these have been working fine for what I need them to do.

Well if the v2's are working for you then the V4's should be great from what I'm reading.

BTW here's a shot from Oakland Park Cemetery using just the built in wireless on the K7 and a AF540:



I can't wait to get some wireless going!

my set up

DYNATRAN AS-303S 8.5' LIGHT STAND, SILVR 39 dollars

cheap 46in shoot through umbrella around 25 dollars

umbrella holder 46 dollars (wanted a cheaper one but they only had one model in stock)

sigma dg500 super 250-300 dollars at the time of purchase

vivitar 550 flash which was worth around 180 dollars when purchased in the 1980's

a bulb for 10 dollars





cheetah stand Q24 foldable softbox 24" 109 dollars not including shipping and tarrifs

one of these flash units, still not sure what to do with it




some tripods (one cheap the other one a good one given to me) and a monopod (monopod around 60 dollars, ball head 40 dollars)

this old reflective light meter 10 dollars




a trigger set, one transmitter, 2 recievers 55 dollars, 3 dollars shipping from phottix

an optical slave 25 dollars


cheers

now I just need the knowledge on how to use all this stuff!!