The more you explore what your gear can do the more you find out things that work, and those others that don’t. Today’s tip is all about external auto metering (thyristor mode) on the Speedlite 600EX-RT. I ran in to this when shooting using my preferred group mode set-up. I tend to set Speedlites that …
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Yes i’m going green for the weekend Just a quick post as I’m about to head for the airport for a trip to the Emerald Isle to deliver photo workshops and seminars over the weekend. Saturday: Mahers Photographic, Drogheda I’m really excited and pleased to be invited back to deliver two sessions of seminars in …
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Hotrod Strip & Octa Box now with added control Lastolite’s popular Hotrod Strip Box and Octa Box are great for photographers who work with flash on location or even in the studio. Using the strip boxes to give accent light on the sides of athletes combined with a main light directly on the face is …
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EOS 100D – in the hand When I saw the specifications and diagrams showing the size of the EOS 100D I had it in my mind that it was too small, certainly for my hands. Today I had the chance to touch and try the camera and my fears are largely unfounded. The mixture of …
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Lastolite demonstrations at Focus I’m known for doing a lot of Canon seminars and quite a lot with Speedlite flash, so it was really great to be asked by Lastolite to deliver a few demonstrations on their stand at Focus to show how their softboxes, grids and gels work with Speedlites. Lastolite’s latest EzyBox II …
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Buy a Canon, get cash back Focus on Imaging has now closed but there’s some great cashback offers for Spring 2013 from Canon UK. These are offers are only for products purchased from the 7th of March to 31st of May 2013. The complete list of products covers EOS DSLRs, lenses, that Speedlite, PIXMA Pro, …
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EOS 5D Mark III & EOS-1D X to get AF improvement when using Speedlite AF assist beam Canon has issued a service advisory that they have recognised a problem with the AF speed of the EOS 5D Mark III and EOS-1D X when using the AF assist beam from a Speedlite to focus in low …
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Behind the scenes It’s popular to show some outtakes or making-of type behind-the-scenes videos and images. In many cases this needs a separate camera operator to capture this while the action takes place. I had a thought about using Linked Shot with the Speedlite 600EX-RT and ST-E3-RT to take a few behind the scenes pictures …
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