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Forum: Photographic Technique
03-25-2009, 03:09 PM
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Besides the PW and Elinchrome remote triggers already mentioned a very affordable option is Paul C. Buff's Cybersync transmitters and receivers. These are what I use with my studio lights (Alien Bee 800s) but they will work with any brand of lights that have a standard or mini phone jack. (or other jacks using common adapters).
Stewart is right on the nose too. You need to contact the instructor and find out what their setup is. Don't spend any money on equipment until you know what you'll need.
Mike
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Forum: Photographic Technique
03-25-2009, 08:38 AM
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Studio flash is camera neutral. Most studio strobes are designed to be used manually, aka you set the lights for a given exposure and shoot in manual. The only drawback to Pentax DSLRs is that most do not have an X socket. This is only a problem though if you are using a sync cord to fire the flashes. If you are using something like Pocket Wizards or any of the other flavors of radio triggers your regular flash hotshoe treats them just like they would a shoe-mounted flash, absent the P-TTL or other TTL capabilities.
I believe that there are ways to do TTL metering with studio lighting but it is hardly necessary since the lighting isnt generally changing from shot to shot.
Mike
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