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Forum: Photographic Technique
03-27-2009, 06:27 AM
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All this should be supplied by the studio where the class is being taught. The K20 will be fairly unique in your class because it will, if needed, hook directly to the lights with no hot shoe adaptor, though I expect they will be using wireless triggers.
Stewart has given the best advice so far, which boils down to don't buy anything until you've talked to the instructor.
And don't let anyone tell you that you need a particular brand. I shoot regularly at our studio with Pentax, and frankly, my pictures look better than what the Nikon boys are getting.
Of course, I am using better lenses.....
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Forum: Photographic Technique
03-25-2009, 01:19 PM
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I love wireless triggers. No more misfires because a cord has fallen out when it shouldn't have, no more busted ends and PC sockets from a cord that didn't fall out when it should have, no more getting the camera snapped out of my hands when I've forgotten where my power pack is.
Wireless is good.
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Forum: Photographic Technique
03-25-2009, 08:35 AM
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Studio lights are definitely non proprietary.
The "big two" are not as important as people would like to think.
In the studio, the "big two" are still Hasselblad and Mamiya, I expect, with Pentax 6x7 and large format still important to people who need better quality than small format digital can muster.
Anyway, studio lights generally hook up to the camera or trigger via a PC cord. If you have a K20, you can plug in directly via the camera socket, if not, do yourself a favour and pick up a Wein or similar hot shoe adapter that will control the trigger voltage from the strobe.
Alternately, a lot of studios have gone wireless.
We use Pocket Wizards at the studio I am at, they seem very reliable, and are fast enough that you can shoot at sync.
In this instance, you put one unit on your camera's hot shoe, and the other one is attached to the power pack via PC cord.
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