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Comment on My portable kit: a love triangle between a camera, flash, and softbox by Jacob Vorpahl

Jacob Vorpahl — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:28:16 +0000

I’ve been using Skyports and had the G11 in manual mode but I’ve never ran into any problems with it. I imagine a lot more people would need to be doing a “strobist kit” with the G11 for us to have a bigger pool of quirks like to figure out what is causing it and if there is any way around it.

Comment on My portable kit: a love triangle between a camera, flash, and softbox by Scott

Scott — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:35:39 +0000

Ran into the same problem… Continuous auto focus and continuous shooting needs to be off for the wireless triggers to work. Unknown why but I almost took it back …till I figured it out.

Cheers

Comment on Here You Go: how does ISO compare between a compact and a DSLR? (G11 vs. D80) by Ron

Ron — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:56:06 +0000

I may grab a G11, I sold all my DSLR “Stuff” , 2 D80 bodies W/battery packs, 4 lenses, and various other stuff and I now use a Fuji Finepix S100fs.. Execellent results, built like a tank and a DSLR. So I still need a “pocket” camera, and I need to use off camera flash also at times. I have a very old Kodak Z700 but it is pretty tired and I like your results with the G11.

Comment on My portable kit: a love triangle between a camera, flash, and softbox by danny

danny — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:21:08 +0000

i have just got myself a Canon G11 to use for trips.i am having problems with triggering my off cam strobes.i’m am only useing cheap 2-contact radio triggers but they work fine enough on my other DSLR’S.it works ok in C1, C2, and AUTO.but i really want it to work in MANUAL.i’v played around with settings, checked batt, read the camera user guide. what am i doing wrong? any help please.cheers danny.

Comment on Here You Go: Canon G11 and wireless off camera flash sync speed test by danny

danny — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:08:51 +0000

Comment on Umbrella vs. Softbox: a quick comparison by Jacob Vorpahl

Jacob Vorpahl — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:47:47 +0000

No no, you’re fine. It was a good point and you’re welcome for the comparisons. I don’t mind seeing ways to improve things, it can only help us all out if done right.

Comment on Umbrella vs. Softbox: a quick comparison by Tim

Tim — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:24:45 +0000

I realized that my previous comment didn’t come off sounding as appreciative as it should for the work you’ve already done – So thanks! I recent got a soft box for exactly this reason – too much spill from umbrellas. Your comparisons are very helpful.

Comment on Umbrella vs. Softbox: a quick comparison by Jacob Vorpahl

Jacob Vorpahl — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:53:10 +0000

Fair enough issue regarding the spill being different with even exposures versus the same flash power.

I’ll look to do an update or something taking this into account. I’d like to note that I just recently (last few months) got into using a light meter so before there was no exact way for me to make sure the exposures were the same. Now I can do that.

I’m looking at doing a more comprehensive update/series just on brollys and softboxes with some of the points people have raised on here. It’s so popular that articles involving the two appear at the top of my visited list almost everyday.

Comment on Umbrella vs. Softbox: a quick comparison by Tim

Tim — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:29:25 +0000

Great that you’re doing these tests, but it would be more informative if you adjusted to get even exposures. It seems pretty clear that the softbox eats up more light – no surprise – and it’s worth noting this difference. But I would find the comparison shots much more useful if you adjusted the flash levels to get the same exposure on the subject. It’s also not fair to compare spill when one is under exposing the subject compared to the other.

Comment on Some results from my G11/SB800 portable kit by Nick

Nick — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:22:45 +0000

Man those turned out realy good lol @ prison pic!