off camera flash question

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Does any know of an adaptor that will let me mount a flash on a tripod?

or should I just pick up a cheap lightstand?

Any help would be really appreciated.
 
Several folks (e.g. Vivitar) had slaves with 1/4 by 20 screw holes in the bottom and hotshoes in the top. Porters Catalog (not sure of spelling) had several, but not sure if they are still out there.

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There are cheap radio transmitters that you can attach to your camera. They come with radio receivers that attach to your flash, and can be put on a tripod.
 
Note that if you use tripod-mounted hot shoes, radio transmitters or slave flashes with any rangefinder camera out there, you will need to use full manual flash with a flashmeter for exposure metering. There aren't that many rangefinders with flash metering anyway (Minolta CLE, Leica M6TTL/M7/M8), and they need extra contacts for flash control which most of these solutions will not contain.

Depending on how many flashes you want to use, when setting up shots this may give you anything from minor hassles in lighting control to O. Winston Link-esque hassles. Results can be interesting, though.
 
rxmd said:
Note that if you use tripod-mounted hot shoes, radio transmitters or slave flashes with any rangefinder camera out there, you will need to use full manual flash with a flashmeter for exposure metering. There aren't that many rangefinders with flash metering anyway (Minolta CLE, Leica M6TTL/M7/M8), and they need extra contacts for flash control which most of these solutions will not contain.

Depending on how many flashes you want to use, when setting up shots this may give you anything from minor hassles in lighting control to O. Winston Link-esque hassles. Results can be interesting, though.
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Chimping on my R-D1 takes care of that all. :)

I start at the sync speed and f8, and work from there. Add a handheld meter to meter locally, and off I go. It's really not too difficult with digital. With film, on the other hand....
 
RML said:
I start at the sync speed and f8, and work from there. Add a handheld meter to meter locally, and off I go. It's really not too difficult with digital. With film, on the other hand....
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That would count as hassles in my book :)

Philipp
 
Thanks a lot. I went down to Adorama. Got the adaptor, a light stand, and an umbrella. Should work. Mostly for digital shots. My Pentax K10 and the 540 flash have built in wireless.
 
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