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Two SB600's 1/2 power mounted on a single light stand high camera left. Triggered w/ SU800 CLS controller.
Nikon D40 w/ kit lens F16 at 1/250th.

I use some of the cheapest stuff you can find and still enjoy the hell out of it! You dont need the best stuff out there to have fun with Photography. Just get out and enjoy it!



 
UKphotographers said:
Judging by the shadows, your flash and the sun were pretty much in the same direction. Is that how it was?
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I too suspect the same.
Nice photo either way. Now, go clean your sensor!
 
Yep you would be right. Photo was taken about 1 in the afternoon in the denver colorado sun. Sun was Camera left and the flashes were to match.
UKphotographers said:
Judging by the shadows, your flash and the sun were pretty much in the same direction. Is that how it was?

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Theres only one sun. Why do I need more than one light to get a natural result?
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Haha thats sick! I mounted 3 SB600's and shot them into a 36 in silver umbrella but they would not reflect enough to get proper exposure at f/16. So I went down to just 2 SB600's at half power about 8 feet away and was able to get this result. Now if i was shooting with a AB800 or AB1600 im sure i could have that flash 20 feet away and get proper exposure even when reflecting off and umbrella! Thats the next step haha... For now untill i feel like dumping the money into bigger strobes (witch are really not much more than speedlights) im happy with using 3 SB's to get what i need out of most shots. (MOST) being the key word there... plenty of times i wished I had more power
mayonaka said:
Yep, that's why I use an Alien Bee B1600 bounced off a 60" umbrella at f/22 at 1/250 sec all of the time. Cheap speed! Nice shot BTW! I am actually impressed that the SB600's could do that.
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Yea... I went to ace hard ware and bought two little T bars, and a few nuts, washers, and bolts... but the kind you can spin with your finger to make it easy to use or assemble with out tools. My intensions were to be able to just mount 2 SB600s on it but once it was together I found I was able to mount 3 if i wanted to. Any who here is a shot of the rig on top of one of my light stands.

Its small, Light, And very strong. I should post a tutorial on how i built it because it only coast me about 6 bucks...



 
SevenPhotoDesign said:
Yea... I went to ace hard ware and bought two little T bars, and a few nuts, washers, and bolts... but the kind you can spin with your finger to make it easy to use or assemble with out tools. My intensions were to be able to just mount 2 SB600s on it but once it was together I found I was able to mount 3 if i wanted to. Any who here is a shot of the rig on top of one of my light stands.
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thank you for sharing
SevenPhotoDesign said:
Its small, Light, And very strong. I should post a tutorial on how i built it because it only coast me about 6 bucks...
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looking forward for that
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I borrowed a friend's Alien Bee B800 and did a quick test at full power to see how it compared to my equipment. The test was simple - I placed the test flash behind a shoot through umbrella at full power, and shot a static object, adjusting the f-stop until it was lit to a known exposure (looking at LCD graph).

SB600 @ 1/1 - f11
SB900 @ 1/1 - f14
lumedyne @ 200WS - f14 (065 pack @ full power)
lumedyne @ 400WS - f20 (065 pack + 200 WS booster @ full power)
Alien Bees B800 @800WS - f22

Not very scientific, but for me it helped to know which gear to take for a job. The SB600 is only 2 stops under the Bee B800. Not bad! Also, after this test, I have new respect for the Lumedyne gear.

I love the SB600s ... My setup for portrait light is 2 SB600s in a shoot through umbrella controlled with Radio Popper JRX. It's light, flexible and very powerful.
 
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