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Subject: Flash Triggers

scoleman123 opened this issue on Jul 29, 2008 · 5 posts


scoleman123 posted Tue, 29 July 2008 at 12:36 PM

So I have some money saved up for flashes ($350 U.S.). I also want to be able to trigger them via a radio trigger. I've been looking at Vivitar 285HV's and Sunpak  PZ42X.  But the problem is that I cannot find any way to trigger them  off camera.

I want to use them to shoot concerts (rock / punk / metal), so I need something sturdy and non-optical based for the trigger. I do not want other people's flashes making mine go off.  Does anyone have ideas?

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Nameless_Wildness posted Tue, 29 July 2008 at 12:52 PM

Why would you want to use flash at gigs? That would kill the lighting and atmosphere! Just pump up the ISO!



scoleman123 posted Tue, 29 July 2008 at 4:00 PM

I have a max ISO of 1600.
And most of the shows have just enough light to make 1/25th for a shutter speed. For metal shows I need at least 1/100th. In addition, they tend to play with all the lights off, with their own lighting pointed out towords the crowd.

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inshaala posted Tue, 29 July 2008 at 10:23 PM

check ebay for a cheap option - got a feeling they might be known alternatively as V2 Cactus triggers - cheap (similar ones on ebay come under "wireless flash trigger").  But if you want the cream of the crop you need to go no further than a Pocket Wizard. Google/ebay search should bring up both of them...

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scoleman123 posted Wed, 30 July 2008 at 9:30 AM

 Okay, but my concern is on linking them to trigger the flashes. Is it as simple as connecting a receiver the the hot shoe mount? 

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