Assuming flash is required, the following 22 results were found.
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Review Pixel Magohttps://www.svenbluege.de/blog/reviews/188-review-pixel-mago
in detail. If you take a Canon 580EXII you'll have an equal feature set plus some nice additions. You have the common three flash modes: Manual, TTL and Multi. Wireless slave and master modes are build in too. 1./2. curtain sync implemented as well as...
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- Author: Sven Blüge
- Category: Reviews
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YN-568EX Speedlite Reviewhttps://www.svenbluege.de/blog/reviews/143-yn-568ex-speedlite
stand is unfortunately made of plastic. Finally there is an additional flyer which advertises the eight big features of this flash unit. The Flash Unit Well, it's a speedlite. :-) It has a flash head, a foot for camera mounting, some buttons and a...
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- Author: Sven Blüge
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Review Yongnuo YN-622https://www.svenbluege.de/blog/reviews/138-review-yongnuo-yn-622
are wrapped in air bubble plastic. Also includes is a manual and a quick start tutorial. That's it. There is no mini stand, flash trigger cables or a fancy padded transport box. Because of this the unboxing is done very quickly. Review For the test I...
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- Author: Super User
- Category: Reviews
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this is not enough. More light modifies are needed. If you want to restrict the light you can attach a lot of DIY items to a flash. Starting with a piece of paper and ending with a bunch of straws. Sure they work even if you have to reensemble them...
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- Author: Sven Blüge
- Category: Reviews
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Several weeks ago Yongnuo release their controller for the new Canon wireless flash control system. The Yongnuo YN-E3-RT looks like an exact copy of the Canon ST-E3-RT. But there are actually some differences. This article delivers a short review of...
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- Author: Sven Blüge
- Category: Reviews
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Canon 600EX-RT and ST-E3-RThttps://www.svenbluege.de/blog/reviews/174-canon-600ex-rt-and-st-e3-rt
ST-E3-RT. Featuring a new wireless control system I was in need to get my hands on them. Of cause just a transmitter and one flash unit does not make that much sense. So I've got me three 600EX-RT and replaced my older 580EXII. Features Let's skip the...
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- Author: Super User
- Category: Reviews
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Review Meike TTL cordhttps://www.svenbluege.de/blog/reviews/76-review-meike-ttl-cord
you start using your flash off camera you'll have to find ways to trigger the flash somehow. There are many ways available today. If you start using your flash off camera you'll have to find ways to trigger the flash somehow. There are many ways...
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- Author: Sven Blüge
- Category: Reviews
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Review Yongnuo YN460https://www.svenbluege.de/blog/reviews/73-review-yongnuo-yn460
The Yongnuo YN460 is a very basic speedlite. It is a fully manual flash unit without any ttl capabilities. The Yongnuo YN460 is a very basic speedlite. It is a fully manual flash unit without any ttl capabilities. The flash head tilts and rotated as...
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- Author: Sven Blüge
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Review Yongnuo YN565EXhttps://www.svenbluege.de/blog/reviews/72-review-yongnuo-yn565ex-speedlite
it has arrived. About two weeks ago I ordered a Yongnuo YN565EX speedlite. After reading some promising reviews about this flash unit I decided to get one. The box contains the speedlite, a protection bag, a ministand, a bouncer (which was surprisingly...
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- Author: Sven Blüge
- Category: Reviews
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a lot of additional pops there. The RF-602s use the 2.4GHz radio frequency to communicate. I can't remember only one flash pop which was not triggered by myself. So in terms of reliability the RF-602 units are awesome. They only lack a bit if you move...
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- Author: Sven Blüge
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60cm. The images below show the 60cm version. The softbox is stored in a small bag which also contains a ball head and the flash holder. The flash holder is adjustable to your flash size so you can easily use small or large speedlites with this softbox....
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- Author: Sven Blüge
- Category: Reviews
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lately on the market and I want to compare them against the Pixel Kings. The most obvious difference is the support of flash ratios, the transceiver design and the supported TTL-flash on the transmitter. There is no way to update the firmware once it...
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- Author: Sven Blüge
- Category: Reviews
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manual radio triggers. The combination of both triggers if very useful if you want to control the main lights using the FCM (flash camera menu) and trigger the manual flashes for the background using normal radio triggers. The Pixel King and Pixel Opas...
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- Author: Sven Blüge
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Background lighthttps://www.svenbluege.de/blog/assignment/77-background-light
weeks ago I ordered some Pixel Opas flash triggers. To cut a long story short the Pixel Opas is a manual flash trigger in transceiver design. They replaced my old RF-602 and I'll add a short review of them later. But that blog entry is more about...
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- Author: Sven Blüge
- Category: Assignment
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Mounting a gel to a speedlite is very easy. Honl offers a Velcro strap called Speed Strap. You simple wrap this around the flashgun. The gels have Velcro straps attached on two sides so you can attach them easily to your speedlite. See the pictures...
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- Author: Sven Blüge
- Category: Reviews
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Pixel King Reviewhttps://www.svenbluege.de/blog/reviews/78-pixel-king-review
Well, this depends. The first test of the set was disappointing. Sometimes the exposure was correct but a lot of time the flashes did not fire or fired with full power. A lot of times the 580EXII shows TTL instead of eTTL. The YN565EX worked even worse....
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- Author: Sven Blüge
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Review YN-622-TXhttps://www.svenbluege.de/blog/reviews/186-review-yn-622-tx
the YN-622 units are transceivers, the YN-622-TX is a transmitter only. Just like the YN-E3-ST it is able to control your flashes attached to YN-622 units without the need of the camera flash menu. While this is not too fancy it offers some additional...
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- Author: Sven Blüge
- Category: Reviews
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Family Shoothttps://www.svenbluege.de/blog/assignment/86-family-shoot
I used one 580EXII in a softbox, one 580EXII from the right side and three speedlites for brightening the background. All flashes were triggered by Pixel Opas remote flash triggers. While the plain results are not out of the box usable, I guess the...
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- Author: Sven Blüge
- Category: Assignment
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Carnival 2012https://www.svenbluege.de/blog/assignment/94-carnival-2012
side" like with ghosts, vampires and that kind of stuff. Nice idea but the light setup was horrible. I try to avoid using a flash gun in such situations but this time I had to use one quite often. Unfortunately I was not allowed to install some remote...
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- Author: Sven Blüge
- Category: Assignment
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Joomla Gallery Componenthttps://www.svenbluege.de/blog/software/95-joomla-gallery-component
picasa web albums. If you want to use locally stored images you can create a new event and upload the images using a flash uploader. Finally you can upload your images using FTP and perform a database sync afterwards. That's it for the used gallery...
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- Author: Sven Blüge
- Category: Software