The LumoPro LP160 competence be the idealization Strobist peep. Cheap, absolute and means to speak to flattering much any camera, it offers the great pick to a $500 top-end flashes from Nikon as well as Canon for those who wish a big light but profitable for all the whim involuntary functions.

Strobists, or enthusiasts of off-camera peep, make use of tiny strobes as well as they make use of them in primer mode. LumoPro is the brand of Strobist rigging done by camera retailer Moishe Applebaum (of Midwest Photo Exchange in Columbus, Ohio) in consultaion with a granddaddy of Strobism, photographer David Hobby. The pack is meant to be cheap, elementary as well as great, as well as a brand-new LP160 looks similar to it fits right in.

The sum: The LP160 has a guide series of 140 (feet, ISO 100) which matches the Nikon SB900 or a Canon 580 EX II. It has the steel feet for mounting upon hot-shoes as well as lighting stands and can swivel (270º) as well as lean (180º up as well as 7º down). Power outlay is adjustable down to 1/64, as well as is finished via pushbutton instead of a automatic switches upon a LP120 it replaces. Zooming, too, is equipped with a motor and done by a symbol.

The genuine sorcery comes in with a 4 dissimilar triggering methods. There is a regular hot-shoe trigger, the PC-socket for old-school wire masochists, a 3.5mm jack hollow for those who don’t hatred themselves and eventually, the rather than tidy worker trigger. Slaves outing the peep when they see another peep, so you can cocktail your light regulating a tiny built-in peep upon the digicam. This a single will even omit a pre-flashes from digital compacts. Nice.

How much is this flashgun? $200. That’s the burst from a v1.0 LP120, that price $130, though you get a lot some-more. And if you have been watchful upon a behind systematic LP120? Good news. Your systematic will be transposed with a brand-new section, during no extra price.

LP160 Quad-sync Manual Flash [LumoPro. Thanks, Moishe!]

LumoPro LP160: Quad Sync v.2.0 [Strobist]