 Lisa Carpenter |
Setting Up My Studio for Portraits I have now purchased most of what I will need to set up a basic studio. I am really confused as to how to get the synch cord to work with my camera to get the strobes to go off. I feel intimidated by the whole process, any advice?
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
The synch cord plugs into a PC terminal on the camera; the other plugs into the light. If you don't have a PC terminal on your camera, you need an adapter that fits into the hot shoe and has a thing the cord connects to on it.
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Gina Harmeyer |
Each camera is probably different. I asked the sales guy at the store where I purchased my light set up, and they were more than happy to help me set up my particular camera. I had to set mine in Manual mode, and I had to turn off the built-in flash. I also had the adapter that was specific for my camera. That was with my Olympus C-4040z, now I have a Canon Digital Rebel and it's very different. But I found it much easier to use, I just plugged in the hot shoe cable (where you can add a flash), set it to Manual and it was all set and ready to fire.
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Catherine Lopez |
I found that the strobe j-110 is a 3 in 1 strobe works as a modeling light-stobe-flash...it has a sensor that syncs with your flash no cords attached just use the flash from your camera. (Under $100)
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- Shirley D. Cross-Taylor Contact Shirley D. Cross-Taylor Shirley D. Cross-Taylor's Gallery |
Gregory is right. And if you have more than one strobe, the unconnected strobes should have a slave feature that sets them off when the connected one goes off.
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ISHAK ABDUL KARIM |
Hi Lisa, I'm ishak. We all forgot to ask u what kind of strobes u bought? A better option is to get the Wein Meter Mate 2 that plugs into ur flashmeter sync socket. And plug in a slave on the strobe that u want to test the light or all lights. Jus press the flashmeter button . Everything is wireless as long as ur strobe has a built in slave. Bought mine for $90 Sing dollars equivalent to $50 US dollars. This helps get rid of messy sync cords all over the shooting area. I guessed u'll be using a flashmeter and your strobes are variable power type and not those low powered slave flash. Hope this helps.
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Lisa Carpenter |
Ishak, thank you for the info, and along with everyone else. I love hearing different options and yes, I would like to get rid of so many cords. thanks again.
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