Wireless MU

Finally bought myself a Man U jersey at Sports World Piccadilly Circus. It's ashamed that as a self-proclaimed Man U since early 90's I have never bought an original MU jersey. All jerseys are selling for £25 now, or £30 with player's name and number. This is also for the preparation to visit Old Trafford, one of the things that I must complete while I am still in the UK.

Photo taken using wireless flash - Sony A700 + Tamron 17-50mm/2.8 on tripod with built-in flash as trigger; HVL-56AM flash set on another tripod on the right, approximately 1.5m from the object and power set to 1/32; black side of my 110cm 5-in-1 reflector as back drop; focal length 45mm and exposure setting ISO 200, F8 at 1/60 sec.

Wireless flash with another flash Minolta 3600HSD hold in hand, bit harsh though even with the smallest power.

Another wireless flash attempt, this time HVL56AM on the right and 3600HSD on the left. The power control on the 3600HSD is not as good as HVL56AM as it can only on focal length distance (24 to 85mm / guide number 20 to 36), quite difficult to control. Whereas HVL56AM's power can be set from 1/1 to 1/32 (guide number 17 to 56). Not that well-verse on the flash terms but it's very interesting to try out wireless flash with my low budget studio set up. Will definitely do more experiment when I find time.

Minolta 3600 HS(D)

The woman has left London, so now I am free again to post..

Ever since I purchased my DSLR, I have been seriously addicted to it and been buying accessories for my toy impulsively.

Bought a SanDisk Extreme III 2GB CF card from Amazon for just GBP17.99 + GBP4.50 for delivery. I think it's a very good price and it's extremely fast! The Sony 1GB memory stick PRO Duo card that came with my DSLR bundle was selling for more than RM100 in KL.

My photography skill in low light condition seriously sucks, never been into flash photography but after trying Anthony's Minolta 5600 HS(D) in recent Dyxum outing, I have decided to purchase a flash gun to be added to my inventory. Initially I was considering a new Sony HVL F56-AM which cost about RM1,000 but managed to get a decent deal for an used Minolta 3600 HS(D), better train the skill first before going for the top range unit. It's like new and GBP85 including delivery looks right to me, thanks to dCap of Dyxum forum.

It came with a case, wide angle adapter and mini stand (for wireless function!) and it has ADI and HSS function which sounds good (anyway I haven't got a clue what is it for).

Bought an Uniross charger with 4 x 2500mAh Ni-Mh rechargeable batteries for GBP7.20 for the flash gun, from Amazon as well. It's a good place to shop as I always find there are great discounted deals. The battery life is great, still going strong since I first charged it and flash for 40-50 times.

Way to learn on flash photography, hope will be able to shoot some nice photos with flash soon.