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Equipment, examples, history – all matters photographic
1) Keeping masses of batteries charged
2) The incompatibility of various wireless trigger systems (PocketWizard, Paul C. Buff, the proprietary system in the new Canon 600EX flash)
3) Finicky hotshoe adapters, for the majority of flashes lacking miniphone or PC connection ports
4) The ludicrous expense of cables required to connect radio triggers to flashes
Having been knocked over a few more times during the Winter Ball, my LumoPro LP120 flash is now definitively dead.
I very much need two flashes to do the kind of event photography I have been doing in recent years. I therefore need to decide how to replace it.
One option is to get a new LP160. It isn’t as powerful as my Canon 430EX flash, but it’s a lot cheaper (US$180 compared with about C$350 for a Canon Speedlite 430EX II). The LP flash also has the benefit of a built-in optical slave. The big downside is that the LP flashes are not especially tough.
Another option is to shell out $600 for a Canon 600EX. It would be significantly more powerful than my 430EX, and it would actually be able to drive the other Canon flash in a TTL mode, while sitting on my hotshoe.
If I got another flash without an optical slave, it would probably be a good idea to shell out another $300 for three PocketWizard Plus X transceivers. Then I will be able to reliably drive both flashes off-camera at considerable range.
Photos from the last Massey College high table dinner of the year: Corporation Fellows’ Gaudy 2013.
Kindly take note of the ice in the pond.
There are some new photos of Massey College on the last day of winter in my ‘Massey by Night’ set.
Oooh – PocketWizard is now selling radio triggers for less than $100 a piece.
I could definitely use a trio of these, to cut down on flash errors when shooting in large rooms.
I am quite happy with these photos I took during a quick visit to the United States Botanic Garden in Washington D.C.
I am in the process of uploading my photos from this weekend’s rally in Washington D.C. calling on President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.
[Update: 19 FEB 2013] My six favourite photos from the Forward on Climate rally in Washington D.C. on Sunday February 17th, 2013:
My photos from Friday’s festivities are now online.
Photos from some of today’s protests against the Enbridge Line 9 oil sands pipeline