Hacking Photography - one Picture at a time
Photographer Manuel Cafini recently posted a great series of images on how he built up his own SLA based battery packs for his speedlights to help improve recycle times and give him a bit more power, and has allowed us to share it here on DIYP.
The tools and construction is fairly basic if you’re confident with a soldering iron, but you’re still dealing with electricity here, so if you try this, be careful.
Tether Tools has announced the Case Relay system, a camera attachment that they claim to be the world’s first device that will allow you to provide uninterrupted power to your camera using a standard wall outlet or USB battery pack, such as the ones you use to charge up your smartphone.[Read More…]
Have you ever had a dream shot that you wanted to do but could never do it? I think it has been more than a year since I wanted to do a shoot where I could shoot in the middle of the road with cars passing by and had my model lit by my flash.
Recently I was contacted by Innovatronix the maker of Tronix Explorer Battery Packs and they offered to let me use their battery packs and it was the moment I was waiting for to do my Dream Shot. In this article I will do a review on the Tronix Explorer 500Li and a step-by-step explanation on how I got my dream shot.
I have never tried to do this shoot, where security may kick me out, because I only had 2 speedlights for outdoor use and the recycling time wouldn’t be enough if I was in a hurry that’s why the Tronix Explorer 500Li was the perfect battery pack for the job.
Before even going in the middle of the street to shoot I needed to prep up and do my research so that the shoot would go as smooth and as quick as possible.
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