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I have a 55mm leaf shutter lens that will not fire my flash via lens. I've

had this lens for about a year and a half and it worked as it should. One day

I pulled it out and it wouldn't fire anymore. I went to the photo store to

get it checked out and miraculously it worked. But when I switched the

shutter speed it wouldn't work again even on the shutter speed I was at in the

begining. Well the price they gave me is $175. My first question is if this

is reasonable. The other question is that will I still get the same sync if I

just use the hotshoe on the body. I don't know why but I just got 2 rolls of

film back that were completly black. I'm not sure though that may be just my

mistake.

I have recently recieved a Calumet View camera, and it came with a 545

polaroid back. How do you actualy use one.

i want to buy a sunpak 120j. what is the differance between a dedicated and

non dedicated type. If all the dedicated type means is the ttl option is it

pointless to buy one if you dont use ttl. one more thing, will a pocketwizard

fire it.

i want to buy a nikon d200

 

i found one at ccicameracity.com for $1129

 

is this reasonable??

does the 15mm canon fisheye equal 15mm on the 20d if not what lens would bring

me closest to 16mm

I would like to know if there is a reasonable fisheye on the market that

equals the nikon one. Ive found the sigma 8mm but im afraid it will make my

pictures too fishy. What is the equivilent of 8mm on a film camera to 8mm on a

diig?

ive reaserched and looked for what digital camrea will suit me good. the canon

1d mark 2 is what i need. i dont have a big budget so i looked on ebay for

one. ive found 4 or 5 bodies that claim to be brand new in a box for less then

500 dolars. is this belieeble, i mean thats less then 1/4 of the 4 grand bh is

asking for. is this a risk taking buy or are they so cheap because of where

they come from (ive noticed most of them were from china)do those cameras just

grow on trees there. if i baught this camrea i could even afford the lenses i

need since my set up right now is all nikon. a fisheye a 50mm lens and a nice

zoom lens would be great.

its just for testing. i understand it wont be exacly the same.its just will it generate about the right idea of exposure. i usualy get the exposure right but getting medium format slides developed and printed is kind of pricey id like to know ahead of time.

i want to buy a polaroid back. i uderstand that the speed of

polaroid film is diferent. i dont really understand the concept.

before i decide to buy it can someone just describe it to me. is

there anything special i need to do.

i mostly shoot skateboarding so a camera with a sync of 250 wouldbe perfect. i have a manual nikon that syncs at 125 on really sunny days i can usualy get a photo without any blury spots. and i would like to start shooting digital.

the nikon d50 and d70. when i try to find out the maximum flash syn

of those cameras i always see 1/500 of a second. this isnt all the

time thought, corect? thats only when you use ttl? i would like to

purchase a digital nikon that syncs at 250 using regular

flashes.what should i look for

used the same cord for both flashes

i just got my pocket wizards. both recievers work. but will only

fire one of my flashes. the flash that wont fire is my vivitar

2800,ive come to the conclusion that the voltige is to high in that

flash so the wizard wont fire it. whats the difference between

dedicated and non dedicated flashes. my other flash that fires no

matter which wizard its hooked up to is an vivitar auto thy.550 fd

which i think is a dedicated flash. will the vivitar 560d work i

think i wil purchase that.

thanks. i knew the whole 1/8 and did conect my flash to the lens. i just didnt know if you could also just use the hot shoe. wouldnt have to mess around witha pc cord.

do i have to have my flash conected to the lens for correct sync. or

can i pop it into my cameras hot shoe when i use a leaf shutter

i need to recreate this picture. i want the colors to pop out like

this. im thinking just 2 flashes at night one on left one on right

about 3 feet off the ground?<div></div>

I have been using a dome and i use a regular flash no ttl

ive gotten my first fer rolps of slides and prints from my mamiya

645 when the picture is on the slides the colors look really nice

and sharp but on the prints they come out really flat looking. also

while im shooting the focus is correct but comes out really unsharp

in my prints. could this just be the lab that i get my prints done

at.? does the leaf shutter change anything ive been using it alot.

I've recently got the minolta Vf flash meter and when i mesure

ambitent light i get ok results but when i use a flash they just

look weird. explain this do you hold the meter infront of the camera

or the subject? my results just come out odd both over and under

exposed.

I have a Nikon FM10 and a Mamiya 645 with a leaf shutter lens. I Have one Vivitar 2800 and an old vivitar 550fd. Right now i just have one on camera flash and set my optical slave hotshoe and a flash on a stand. What i want to do is buy one infered transmiter possibly from wein and then two wein recievers that have household plugs. In order to put it to use i will need to get two hot shoes that have household outlets. But this seems like alot of equipment to buy so am i looking at it wrong?

If I buy an infered transmitter, then buy 2 household plug

recievers, will i be able to plug those recievers into a hotshoe

with a household plug. Then just put the transmitter im my camera

shoe then just set up my flashes and be ready to go, will they both

go off? What are the "chanels"? And flashes that have the little red

piece of plastic on them will they sense the infered signal without

an aditional reciever. I think that would be cheaper then buying all

those recievers and household hotshoes. I apreciate all help because

i dont know too much about infered slaves. I've been using optical

slaves but they arent very reliable.

Thaks alot, that really helped.

I'm wondering if the Minolta IV flash meter is a good meter. Also

I've never used a meter before so is this the idea: You set your

flashes where you want them, then make the settings on the meter

match your camera(ISO, shutter speet etc.), then just fire the

flashes and set the F-stop to what the meter says. Will i be able to

meter a fireing of 2 to 3 flashes at once?

I like the results that i get with my Mamiya and the kiev fisheye, their great. I also recently purchased a 55mm leaf shutter lens for that camera, although i just recieved it a cupple days ago and havent gotten to use it yet. I guess the only thing im worried about is the flash sync. What i wanot to know is if a leaf shutter lens is neccessary in a 500series hassy, is there no shutter in the camera? Keep in mind that I mostly shoot skateboarding so a fast shutter speed is very important to me. Thanks for all of your help.

I'm really confused about Hasselblad cameras. I would like to own a

500 series hassy but is every lens i have to purchase going to be in

the thousands of dollars. I take a lot of fisheye shots so i would

need a fisheye lens, but the only one i know of is 7000 dollatrs i

just dont have that amount of money.Is there an alternative?