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I have ordered some wireless flash triggers and I don't want to spend loads of money on flash stands when I have about three tripods hanging around the house.

Is there a way to connect my wireless flash triggers (with the flashes on top) to the tripods without spending a fortune.

THESE are the flash triggers off ebay. They both have a hot shoe connection on the bottom so it looks like that's how they would connect to the tripod somehow :shrug:

Any help appreciated :thumbs:
 
Just how tall are your tripods, will they go high enough to angle the flash down towards a standing subject? By attaching the flashes direct to the tripod thread you also have no way to angle the flash so you're going to be stuck with pointing the flash (without being able to use an umbrella or softbox to diffuse the light) directly at your subject and probably at chest height.......
 
nog said:
"Flash stand" off ebay, screw thread on bottom and hot shoe on top

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hot-Shoe-...graphy_StudioEquipment_RL&hash=item3357352d6d
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Thanks again because of your post I have just remembered I have stand that came with my flash and it has screw hole on bottom of flash which I never noticed before... sorted :thumbs:

Flash In The Pan said:
Just how tall are your tripods, will they go high enough to angle the flash down towards a standing subject? By attaching the flashes direct to the tripod thread you also have no way to angle the flash so you're going to be stuck with pointing the flash (without being able to use an umbrella or softbox to diffuse the light) directly at your subject and probably at chest height.......
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I have a few tripods but I was wanting to use them for off camera flash but at a distance outside at night so to illuminate the subject with a bit of flash while getting some background in such as a building
 
TheCrewDesigns said:
I have a few tripods but I was wanting to use them for off camera flash but at a distance outside at night so to illuminate the subject with a bit of flash while getting some background in such as a building
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Probably worth reading up a bit on off-camera flash, the above suggests you're going to be disappointed with the results you achieve with your proposed set up....
 
itsdavedotnet said:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Photography...63NS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321368883&sr=8-1 Light stands are £11 each :) camera tripods are too short.
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Iphotouk said:
I ordered these a week or so ago and was really impressed for the money. I ordered on a Sunday and they arrived on the Tuesday morning. They are nice and sturdy and have good height.
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Flash In The Pan said:
Probably worth reading up a bit on off-camera flash, the above suggests you're going to be disappointed with the results you achieve with your proposed set up....
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Thank you all I will look more into it, I am new to off camera flash just feeling my way at the moment

My tripods are around 4ft tall I see that lightstand is 6ft does that 2 feet make a huge difference ?
 
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whoops - wrong mount - ignore! :)
 
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Iphotouk said:
Depending on what you are planning on using your flashes for may be worth thinking about something like these aswell

http://www.bessel.co.uk/info/Speedlite Softbox.html

Bought 2 myself last week and very impressed with the quality for £35
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Yeah its a big can of worms this off camera flash. I only have cheapo manual flashes for this to as my main flash (Nissin) wont work with the wireless triggers.

What cheap manual flashes do people recommend for this kind of work ?

Something nice and easy to control the power would be good I think :suspect:
 
TheCrewDesigns said:
Yeah its a big can of worms this off camera flash. I only have cheapo manual flashes for this to as my main flash (Nissin) wont work with the wireless triggers.

What cheap manual flashes do people recommend for this kind of work ?

Something nice and easy to control the power would be good I think :suspect:
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Your choice is either new, cheap flashes, like the YongNuo range, or older Nikon flashes, such as the SB24/25/26 for the same sort of money.
 
Flash In The Pan said:
Your choice is either new, cheap flashes, like the YongNuo range, or older Nikon flashes, such as the SB24/25/26 for the same sort of money.
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Thanks I will take a look, so apart from the new YongNuo (they make my wireless transmitter) is it only Nikon that offer good manual control ?
 
TheCrewDesigns said:
Thanks I will take a look, so apart from the new YongNuo (they make my wireless transmitter) is it only Nikon that offer good manual control ?
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I'm sure there are plenty of others, you need to be careful with the trigger voltages though, most old flashguns put out 200-300 volts and that will kill your triggers. The Nikons are low voltage, well made, cheap and readily available...
 
Thanks again Graham, at the moment I am looking at getting an umbrella and holder (have ordered the stand). I do have some old flashes that are low trigger voltages as I bought them a while back to use on my Fuji and I checked that chart online somewhere that has the trigger voltages on (handy site that)
 
I've seen alot of people using older flashes such at the Minolta Program 4000AF for off camera manual work with wireless triggers. I think this is because they are both cheap and powerful with good control. Might be worth a look.
 
Thanks.....

Well at the moment I have:

Hanimex TZ325
Vivitar Auto Thyristor 2800D
2 X Sunpak Auto 431
Miranda 930 TCD
 
Iphotouk said:
I've seen alot of people using older flashes such at the Minolta Program 4000AF
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Funny you should say as I have just been look at one from LCE but at £39 I thought I may as well buy a new Yongnuo 460-II .
 
TheCrewDesigns said:
Thanks.....

Well at the moment I have:

Hanimex TZ325
Vivitar Auto Thyristor 2800D
2 X Sunpak Auto 431
Miranda 930 TCD
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I have no personal experience of any of those flashguns, however I would do a Google to ascertain the trigger voltages before using them on a set of triggers, as anything over 12v will kill somehing like an RF602/603
 
Flash voltage table:
http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html

Konig Stand now £9 inc del:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Photography...63NS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321368883&sr=8-1

Question of fitting umbrella adapter to tripods is very relevant to me.

I'm off to Prague next week, and will be taking the light carbon tripod that goes up high enough for the camera, but not high enough for lighting. There's no way I'm taking a light-stand as well. So I use an old light-stand top standard that I butchered to fit the headless head of my pod, that an adapter fits to just fine. The legs splay wider than a light-stand too, so I find the tripod wind stability superior and is easier to weigh down with a weight and a crab.

Suits me.
 
Flash In The Pan said:
I have no personal experience of any of those flashguns, however I would do a Google to ascertain the trigger voltages before using them on a set of triggers, as anything over 12v will kill somehing like an RF602/603
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Yeah I did check for my old camera (Fuji) and they are fine for that but I did not realize the Yongnuo RF603 only takes 12v

Looks like I can use the Miranda 930 TCD at 6.5v
 
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