The light loss is where my concern is. In some venues, that would not be an issue. But for a wedding, there are two big issues. One is distance - too much light loss and you are going to start underexposing. The other is recycle time for the flash. I don't consider the 4 AA batteries fast enough now with any kind of light modification. For the 540FGZ I am using the Pentax Power Pak II which brings recycle times down to about 2-3 seconds after a full power burst - still a little slow for things like processionals and such.
-- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 5:18:24 AM, you wrote: WH> I agree. Plus, it is a lot more compact. However, it does suck up a WH> LOT of light. I have to try the clear one at some time. WH> Walt WH> On 6/17/08, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Not that this is the reason you posted these two shots, but the Lightsphere >> exposure is more to my liking. >> >> Jack >> >> >> --- On Tue, 6/17/08, Walter Hamler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > From: Walter Hamler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Subject: Lightsphere vs Lumiquest >> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> > Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 5:40 PM >> > Paul's thread got me to thinking. I have a Lightsphere, >> > the cloudy >> > looking version. I have tried it on the Sigma 500 flash >> > with poor >> > results that I attribute to P-TTL. May be wrong. >> > Anyway, today I purchased a Vivitar 283 and put the velcro >> > on it to >> > attach my Lumiquest bounce hood. The initial tests reminded >> > my again >> > why I liked the Vivitar and Sunpak flash units with the >> > simple auto >> > feature. >> > Then I decided to see how the Lightsphere would react. Not >> > bad, but >> > there are some subtle differences between the two. The >> > attached >> > photo's show. I believe each is captioned to show which >> > was which. >> > >> > Walt >> > >> > http://walthamler.smugmug.com/gallery/4592986_mrB5J#315094136_KwVvH-XL-LB >> > >> > http://walthamler.smugmug.com/gallery/4592986_mrB5J#315094132_wiZxw-XL-LB >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > [email protected] >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> > directly above and follow the directions. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
