Recent content by Philx1979

to be fair if she hates mobile phones, i wouldn`t bother getting her ANY camera as it`ll be left in her bag for the entire trip and you`ll have wasted your money.

Or there is this, which i`ve often thought about getting for the same purpose...

What do you people make of the latest mobile phones and their ability to take great photos? With Huawei bringing out a 3 lens Leica setup recently on their Mate 20 Pro and now rumours starting to swirl about Apple following suit, the days of small digital cameras must surely now be over and they...

All done :)

why not do a longish exposure about 10 - 20 seconds worth and get the boat in the shot, but blurry drag shot, far more arty, could be a good shot.

Is your mate called Bob? in Cornwall cos i know a Bob and he said he had sensor marks on his exactly after 20 shots too!!!

Sorry what I meant to say was after using speed lights if one was to progress onto a more powerful lighting what would generally be the next step be?

I am only just a beginner really when it comes to outdoor flash lighting so am happy using speed lights. However after watching many outdoor location videos the photographers are seen to be using elinchrom quadras with ranger battery packs for more powerful lighting. Not that I would be...

brilliant thank you all for your input, been a great help

i`m using a Nikon D300s, and would only be interested in using the flash sb-600's in manual mode not TTL

At the minute i currently use Yongnuo RF602's trigger and receivers for off camera flash, but it can be a PITA sometimes going back and forth to my light stands adjusting the power on my Nikon SB-600's. Now i have been looking at the SU-800, now apologies for asking what may seem a very basic...

or flip it around and have a little bit of control if its got a black back you can attach or this is even better http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phot-R%C2%AE-Professional-Octagon-Softbox-Reflector/dp/B017W57TAY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1456996895&sr=1-1&keywords=Phot-R

Westcott Rapid box is what your talking about i believe. these are WAY cheaper though http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phot-R®-Professional-Octagon-Softbox-Reflector/dp/B017W57TAY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1456996895&sr=1-1&keywords=Phot-R

surely a speedlight with a shoot through umbrella would do the trick? And be the cheapest way in if you have a speedlight already? That kit Phil V has suggested does look good though