Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Harrison, A very interesting, and for me timely post on the Lumedyne system as I am negotiating a contract for when I return to Nepal in January. The project will involve photographing over 200 artifacts in the Patan museum and am looking for a light, flexible, portable and battery operated system so I will have a good look at the Lumedyne when I am back in Canada. The majority of the work to be photographed are metal and range in size from about 3" to 3'. I'm looking forward to what should be a very interesting project. Ian Stanley, Kathmandu, Nepal At 09:11 PM 98-05-14 +0000, you wrote: >Bill, > >The Lumedyne system is a nice system and they are supposed to have >excellent customer service. I do not personally use them, I have the >dynalite uni400 and jackrabbitt pack for battery strobes, but a very >good friend has them and he loves them. They are light and easily >transportable. On first look they appear fragile, but they are quite >rugged. He travels all over the world and he has had no major >problems with them. The worst thing about them and the jackrabbit >both is they are slow to cycle and it is hard to tell when they are >full recharged. The Lumedynes have an audible system to let you know >they are up, but if there is any background noise at all you will not >be able to hear it. The jackrabbit is even worse, all you get is a >little light on the battery you can't see unless you are right on top >of it. > >I have found that I use a 283 on a lightstand tripped with a radio >slave for small local lighting. This works really well when shooting >outside and you want flash fill,but don't want the flash mounted on >the camera. I do this quite a lot and it works really well, esp if >shooting a backlite subject. And if you get the quantum Turbo it >will easily keep up with speed shooting. > >AFAIK you can use the infared with the Lumedynes, I know you can use >a radio slave. > >Oh yeah, you want to get the charger for the batteries that turns >itself off. It costs a little more, but is worth it since you can >ruin a battery if you forget to unplug it. > >Harrison McClary >http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto > >