Recent content by CharleyL

One of the tricks that I use when trying to focus and there are many points in the shot that the camera sees and wants to focus on like your wire fence, is to set the camera for very few focus points in the center area of the screen, then position these focus points on the exact position that I...

The 2.4 GHZ band is actually the WIFI band. The Godox "X" system uses the high end channels of WIFI, so to avoid interference from your other WIFI gear, set those appliances for any of the low to mid WIFI channels. Many Refrigerators, Freezers, home thermostats, and other commercially available...

In the 6 years of me owning Godox/Flashpoint I have only had one gear failure, and it was my fault. I smashed a flash tube on a Godox SK400 light. Easily replaced by me with a relatively minor hit to my budget. Amazon had the Flash tube and I bought two so I would have one, for the next time. I...

Six years ago I was using a very popular pro brand of lights, but was getting tired of their frequent misfires and their need for adapters so I could fit many of my soft boxes to them. I wanted something better, and wanted a different brand, since this brand seemed to have lost their competitive...

My studio flash lighting is all Godox and Flashpoint now, and my field kit the same. I have Studio strobes, mostly in pairs, from 300 w/s up to 1,000 w/s, 5 Godox speedlites, and 3 AD200 Pro II lights for the field kit, all acquired in the last 6 years and all still working with no service...

A speedlite that works well with your camera, hopefully with it's head adjustable for angle and rotation, will be best for starters. You don't need on made by the camera manufacturer, but one designed to work properly with your brand and model camera would be the best choice. Round or...

I'm following this, because I have similar problems. I've started using the neck cords that hold a pair of glasses on my neck when not in use, but outdoors I need Sunglasses too, except when looking through the viewfinder. They usually get moved up to my hat when I need to look through the...

So please delete my post. I wasn't certain if I should post it anyway. Charley

I tend to shoot "Hand Held" for my portrait shoots, but when a tripod is needed in my studio I have two old Regalite 6' camera stands that I have found used, bought them, and fixed them up to near new condition again. They are very similar in design to the one you have, but I only have a parts...

Are trains allowed too? This photo was taken in 2000 of the full scale train ride steam engine at our NC Transportation Museum. The museum is located in what had been the old former train shops and roundhouse for our Southern Railroad, which is now part of Norfolk & Southern. The photo is the...

You might want to look at getting a Tamron 18-400 mm lens for your DSLR. It's what I take, usually with one of my Canon 77D cameras when out shooting close and far away. It's heavy, but lighter than taking multiple lenses, and with only one lens it stays on the camera, not in a bag. I have a 90D...

I bought two 6'6" camera stands a couple of years ago from Facebook Marketplace. They are quite old, maybe 30-40 years old. Both came from different places that were about 100 miles apart, but both were made by Regalite, which seems to be a long out of business photography manufacturer here in...

You are right. Godox/flashpoint is not for everybody, but it's been one of my better photography decisions, so the best choice for me. It cost me a lot to replace what I had, but selling off that old lighting system to someone else that was convinced that it was best, helped me recover some of...

Buying a cheap flash trigger may solve your immediate need, but you will likely wish you had bought the more expensive with the ability to adjust and fire multiple lights as your photography experience grows. Most of the cheapest flash triggers seem to work no matter what camera you add it to...

A little nostalgia - The attached photo was taken by a now 26 year old Sony Mavica MVC-FD98, one of the four shots that fit full resolution on a 3 1/2" floppy disk. This is a 2.1 Megapixel camera that I own and still use it occasionally, but had to buy an external USB floppy disk reader to...