My 3 sons – not the tv show, my 3 flash units!
Written by timsdd on December 8th, 2008 in My Camera Equipment.
This is my main hot shoe flash, the Sigma EF-500 Super DG.
It is very versatile and of course leaps and bounds better than the pop-up flashes that come with DSLR’s. The flash is a very over looked component for many I think, myself included. There are probably 100′s of other ways I could be using it and who knows how many different settings I have not harnessed yet.
I think it’s a lot like my familiarity with Photoshop, sure I can use it and get good results but I’m probably only tapping into < 25% of the overall potential that is available to me.
I bought the Sigma model b/c they are usually a lot cheaper than Canon and for the most part I don’t think 99% of users would miss the difference (if any) that the Canon model has to offer.
And then this is my Sunpak FP38 Flat Panel flash. I use it as a slave for water drops, breaking bulbs and stuff like that. Might actually be good for portraits too…I have never tried it!
This is the most recent flash I have purchased. It is a Sigma EM-140 DG TTL Macro Ringlight Flash.
It’s stellar for macro images. The only problem is that it is so good it enables my laziness of not using a tri-pod for all of the shots seen in this backyard macro gallery.
It could also be used for portraits and product lighting, the latter of which I have done, used it as the main flash for all the lens pictures I have posted to date!
December 9th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Nice product shots (as always). I wasn’t aware of how versatile the ring flash was though! Incredible. Gotta check that out sometime
December 9th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Thanks Dog. My only problem is BG color consistencies, err exposure that is to say. Had to blast it without blowing out the lenses and stuff some of the time.
July 28th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Let’s see some portrait experiments with the ringflash Tim. It’s crossed my mind to get (a cheaper) one. How far away can you shoot from your subject?