NEW - Ken Gilbert

LIGHTING YOUR WAY
nRADIO REMOTES:
POCKETWIZARD MiniTT1
transmitter ($199, street) and
FLEXTT5 transceiver ($219,
street) For wireless triggering of offcamera
strobes, the latest PocketWizard
set is the first to offer TTL-compatibility
with Canon and Nikon flash systems. A
fraction of the size of previous models,
both transmitter and transceiver are
perfectly scaled for location work.
nEQUIPMENT CASE:
PHOTOFLEX FV-Multibag
Transpac ($190, street)
An excellent compromise between utility
and affordability, this large, wheeled case
offers protective rigid walls with hard
Event photographers need
a fully articulated on-camera flash with
power enough to bounce off distant walls
or ceilings—such as the CANON
580EX Speedlite ($204,
street) that Jonathan Young used for
this happy couple. Event shooters also
demand a professional-looking rig that
won’t have the bride wondering why the
photographer she hired uses the same
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FOR EVENTS
plastic corners, double stitched seams,
padded interior walls, and a waterrepellent
polyester shell.
nACCESSORIES:
CALIFORNIA SUNBOUNCE
Windkiller ($144, street)
An unusual location accessory that can
prevent wind from ruining a model’s
carefully styled coif, the Windkiller slides
onto the Sunbounce mini 3x4-foot frame
($275 kit, including reflector) where
it not only calms the breeze, but, due to
its dark-gray textile surface, doubles as
a subtractive gobo, deepening shadows
and shaping in head-and-shoulder
portraits. Also nice: The built-in baffles
prevent blow-overs.
nOPTIONS & UPGRADES:
flash as her nephew. They also
need a belt- or shoulder-carried
battery that will provide a day’s worth of
power and split-second recycle times.
nLIGHTS: QUANTUM
INSTRUMENTS Qflash Trio
QF8C ($875, street) In TTLdedicated
models for
Canon or Nikon cameras,
the Trios sport a built-in
FreeXwire TTL radio
slave that lets you place
lDYNALITE Roadmax
location light kits In a variety
of combinations, each kit offers heads,
umbrellas, stands, and a case. Starting at
about $1,925, they’re expensive, but for
such features as the built-in PocketWizard
receiver for wireless triggering and unusual
AC-powered accessory battery, the
DYNALITE XP1100 ($1,436)
may make them worth the price for some.
lSP-SYSTEMS Excalibur
Lancerlight 320 monolight
kit ($395, street) Anyone who wants
to try battery-powered location lighting
on a budget should consider this bargainpriced
kit. It offers a 320 Ws strobe head
and reflector, lightstand, battery pack,
charger, and all the cords.
them on lightstands around the perimeter
of a pitch-black reception hall and trigger
them wirelessly from your camera. The
only line of shoe-mount flash capable
of bare-bulb use, and the only one with
user-interchangeable
flash tubes, the
Trio (and other
Quantum Qflashes)
give
event shooters
an edge—or two.
NOT JUST FOR
WEDDINGS: The
Quantum Qflash
Trio delivers plenty of
power and wireless TTL
compatibility with Canon
or Nikon flash systems.
JONATHAN YOUNG/LOVE CAPTURES PHOTOGRAPHY (WEDDING)