Flash (gear)

3 speedlights openned, teardown-ed and compared

Mar 11, 2016 Mike Bock

[editor’s note: MPEX are the people who are making the LumoPro LP180R, so it makes sense that that would want to share the information in the article. After all…



How Many Hot-Shoe Strobes Are In A Monoblock?

Oct 19, 2014 Udi Tirosh

This is an interesting question. On the Red corner we have hot shoe strobes: they are (relatively) cheap, small and portable and recycle pretty fast,…



Super Velcro A Pocket Wizard To Your Strobe

Apr 19, 2012 Udi Tirosh

A while back David Hobby had a post about fitting a monoblock with a cold shoe. I thought it was a pretty clever hack for…

Comparing The D800 Against The Canon 5D mkIII

Apr 5, 2012 Udi Tirosh

We don’t usually feature camera tech reviews here on DIYP, but Kevin Good took an in depth look at both the new D800 and the…



How To Build A Flash (With An Optical Slave)

Dec 28, 2011 Udi Tirosh

Usually where danger is involved we simply say something like “please know what you’re doing” or “If you need to ask how this is done,…



The Orbis Safety Cord

Aug 15, 2011 Udi Tirosh

If you are an Orbis user, you know it is a great piece of hardware. (It compete well with DIYP’s DIY ring flash ;) If…