ErickSaint
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So I had a few questions via PM about my off camera setup with my 5N. Here is a quick rundown. Some pics were taken with a phone, so forgive quality. I got most everything from Amazon, so I will provide links where I can. If you have any other questions let me know, I'll answer them if I can. But this is all new to me.
I started out with this adapter. I was skeptical as to if it would actually work or not. It came in and I mounted it, it works perfectly. Though it may be a bit flimsy to use a newer flash directly on the camera. The flash is so heavy and the adapter is just mounted with a small screw, but it does work. And it works great with the wireless triggers.
Amazon.com: JJC Hot Shoe Flash Adapter MSA-10 for Sony NEX 3 NEX5 MSA10: Camera & Photo
Here it is on my camera.
I also got the Cowboy Studio wireless triggers.
Amazon.com: CowboyStudio NPT-04 4 Channel Wireless Trigger for External Speelights with 1 Trigger and 2 Receivers (NPT-04+extra receiver): Camera & Photo
And Yongnuo YN-560 II flash
Amazon.com: Yongnuo YN-560 II Speedlight Flash for Canon and Nikon. GN58.: Camera & Photo
And as you can tell the wireless units trigger the flash just fine.
I was playing around with some smoke pictures using this setup. Here's a quick snap of my "smoke studio" at the dining room table. It's kind of a bad pic, but the flash is on the stand on the right. I use a desk lamp to light the smoke so I can lock focus.
Finally, here are some shots I took with this setup. No post on any of these, just jpegs straight from the camera resized. This is the first time I have ever tried anything like this. Still need to play around with the background and keeping the flash directed on the smoke and not the background. I have some card stock cut and attached to the flash to direct the light, but where the background is bunched up its shining off the flash, which can be seen on the left side of some pics. The blue hue was caused by the AWB, when I played with that a bit I got it to the proper balance.
I started out with this adapter. I was skeptical as to if it would actually work or not. It came in and I mounted it, it works perfectly. Though it may be a bit flimsy to use a newer flash directly on the camera. The flash is so heavy and the adapter is just mounted with a small screw, but it does work. And it works great with the wireless triggers.
Amazon.com: JJC Hot Shoe Flash Adapter MSA-10 for Sony NEX 3 NEX5 MSA10: Camera & Photo
Here it is on my camera.
SPH-D710
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4mm
f/2.7
1/15s
ISO 400
I also got the Cowboy Studio wireless triggers.
Amazon.com: CowboyStudio NPT-04 4 Channel Wireless Trigger for External Speelights with 1 Trigger and 2 Receivers (NPT-04+extra receiver): Camera & Photo
SPH-D710
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4mm
f/2.7
1/15s
ISO 400
SPH-D710
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4mm
f/2.7
1/15s
ISO 400
And Yongnuo YN-560 II flash
Amazon.com: Yongnuo YN-560 II Speedlight Flash for Canon and Nikon. GN58.: Camera & Photo
And as you can tell the wireless units trigger the flash just fine.
NEX-5N
55mm
f/14.0
1/5s
ISO 3200
I was playing around with some smoke pictures using this setup. Here's a quick snap of my "smoke studio" at the dining room table. It's kind of a bad pic, but the flash is on the stand on the right. I use a desk lamp to light the smoke so I can lock focus.
NEX-5N
24mm
f/18.0
1/60s
ISO 2500
Finally, here are some shots I took with this setup. No post on any of these, just jpegs straight from the camera resized. This is the first time I have ever tried anything like this. Still need to play around with the background and keeping the flash directed on the smoke and not the background. I have some card stock cut and attached to the flash to direct the light, but where the background is bunched up its shining off the flash, which can be seen on the left side of some pics. The blue hue was caused by the AWB, when I played with that a bit I got it to the proper balance.
NEX-5N
E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
43mm
f/11.0
1/160s
ISO 100
NEX-5N
E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
55mm
f/11.0
1/160s
ISO 100
NEX-5N
E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
55mm
f/11.0
1/160s
ISO 100
NEX-5N
E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
55mm
f/11.0
1/60s
ISO 100
NEX-5N
E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
45mm
f/11.0
1/20s
ISO 100
NEX-5N
E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
53mm
f/13.0
1/15s
ISO 100