Flash & Accessories
Boasting the most power ever in a portable TTL light, Elinchrom wants to make some waves with the ELB 500 TTL. This compact battery-powered pack offers up to 500Ws of power while featuring some now-essential functions, like high-speed sync and a built-in radio receiver. Photographers will also appreciate the dual outputs of the pack, letting them connect the extremely lightweight heads, which will easily mount on a bracket on your camera
In this B&H YouTube video, photographer David Flores checks out the brand-new Canon 470EX-AI Speedlite. This is the first intelligent flash, with a sensor designed to measure the distance between the Speedlite and your subject, as well as the flash-to-ceiling distance. When using the auto intelligent bounce mode, simply double-tap the shutter, and the motor will position the flash automatically, for optimal bounce. In semi-automatic mode
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Join legendary photographer and lighting expert Gary Fong as he shows us how to create dramatic lighting effects, anywhere or anytime, using on and off-camera flash and modifiers in conjunction with High-Speed-Sync to completely control, mix, and shape your portrait photography.
Among the techniques covered are: how to create blue skies on a cloudy day, how to create dramatic black-and-white portraiture in broad daylight; how to turn an ugly background into a spectacularly dramatic background. We hope you enjoy the video, and invite you to
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In this B&H Event Space Video, photographer and Canon Technical Advisor Eric Stoner explores the basics of flash photography, walking you through the process step by step. Knowing when and how to use your flash effectively is essential, and Stoner offers guidance in assessing a scene to determine when a flash is needed. Next, he helps you to understand how to take control using ETTL automatic flash, all while pushing minimal buttons. Stoner also shares
After you pick up your first speedlight, strobe, or LED panel, the best investment you can make is in some modifiers. These are tools that shape and alter the intensity of our light source. Modifiers come in all shapes and sizes based on the type of light you plan to use them on, which can make it difficult to pick one out if you are new to photography. Since each modifier comes with its own distinct look and ideal use, here is a
If you haven’t started using radio triggers when you shoot weddings, you should do so right now. There have never been more high-quality radio systems on the market than right now, and many brands are equipping their lights with built-in receivers that make it so that you don’t even need to carry a bag of PocketWizards around. Considering that the equipment is affordable and effective, and it can eliminate the need for wires or unreliable optical systems, you need to get a move-on and upgrade your lighting kit.
A good example for a modern
Continually working to bring more and more camera systems into the Profoto family, the lighting company has just unveiled the Air Remote TTL-F for Fujifilm cameras. Made in collaboration with Fujifilm, this new remote brings AirTTL support to select cameras, including the GFX 50S, X-T2, X-Pro2, and X100F, as well as future models via firmware updates. With AirTTL, photographers can make full use of the myriad features found in Profoto’s
Photographers and photo enthusiasts are some of the best people to shop for. Do you know why? Because there are a ton of things your shutterbug needs and wants to augment their pursuit of the ultimate photograph. And luckily, there are completely useful and thoughtful photography-related gifts available for any budget.
Let’s dive in.
1. Multitool
Eventually, everyone finds themselves in the field battling against a loose tripod, desperately using a penny or dime to tighten a screw (and potentially stripping both in the process). This is
When you think of photography accessories, of what do you think? Cameras? Of course, they’re not. Lenses? No, too integral. Tripods? I feel they are their own item, not an accessory. Flashes? I say yes, because what good is a flash without a camera, but Nikon lists flashes as their own category, not an accessory. Can we all just agree that straps and caps are accessories and if not, how do you define an accessory?
Speedlights
For the sake of this article, let’s start with flashes, a.k.a. speedlights. The top of the line from Nikon is the
Speedlights have grown in popularity over the years, especially as low-cost options have begun to flood the market and make more elaborate lighting kits accessible to beginners and advanced amateurs. However, these compact on-camera flashes, while good, are still limited by their placement on or near the camera and their usually very direct lighting. Once you start comparing them to full-fledged monolights and power pack systems, their limited feature set tends to become evident. Fortunately, along with the influx of flash options a major wave
Since 2013, when Profoto pioneered the TTL battery-powered monolight, the company has been regularly rolling out a new product or product enhancement, to the gratification of professionals and serious enthusiasts alike. While the creation of the B2's reduced form factor and OCF system might have given us a clue to what might be coming, the introduction of the A1 AirTTL Studio Light for Canon and
Canon announced the release today of the EOS M100 Mirrorless Camera, 85mm f/1.4L IS USM lens, three new TS-E Macro Lenses, and the MT-26EX-RT flash. The lenses range from a popular portrait-length prime that has been elevated to L-series status to a trio of macro tilt-shift optics for perspective control. Complementing the new macro lenses, the flash has been updated with radio triggering and improved power. Finally, there will be a new mirrorless camera, elevating the entry level in Canon's growing EOS M platform.
Upgrade to a comprehensive, yet affordable, studio lighting kit by picking up one of Godox’s QSII-series flash heads. Available in 400Ws, 600Ws,
Considering how accurate your camera’s light meter is, selling a light meter to a photographer sounds as weaselly as selling ice cubes to an Inuit or Yupik person. In terms of accuracy, the new Sekonic Speedmaster L-858D-U Light Meter can calculate ambient and flash exposures to within 1/10 of a stop, which would be pretty impressive if Sekonic’s entry-level L-308S-U wasn’t equally accurate at 1/3 the price. So, what more