LumoPro LP160

Just me unboxing the Lumopro LP160. I just woke up so i'm still kinda slow :p

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Entertainment

Tags:

• Lumopro
• Lumopro LP160
• Lumopro LP 160
• LP160
• LP 160
• Strobe
• Flash
• off camera flash
• Strobist

[playerofwar]

Can I control the intencity (from 1/1 to 1/64) with my nikon sb900? So I can stay behind the camera and I don't have to run about in the studio?

[AlphaSphere]

@playerofwar That is not possible. If you want to control of camera lights with your SB900 you'll need Nikons CLS compatible flashes like the SB600, SB700 and SB800. There are also 3rd party flashes that support Nikons CLS like the new youngnuo 565EX.

[B3rgmark96]

I would be really happy if you gave me a number of options!

Thanks in advance!

[AlphaSphere]

@B3rgmark96

I know only of 1 option if you don't want to use a radio/infrared trigger.

Using your on camera flash will trigger the optical slave and have the LP160 fire. If you don't want the on camera flash to show up in your picture you could shield it off with your hands (or something else) i guess.

Triggering it without the use of a pocket wizard or any radio trigger device is less then ideal. In some situations the flash unit (optical slave) might be shielded and not go off.

[AlphaSphere]

On the bottom of the flash it says Made in Hong Kong.

The build quality is pretty good. I'd say about the same as my Nikon SB's

[schoorl200]

@B3rgmark96

Not sure if I understand yr question. Slave flashes are made to be triggered by another flash. It will in general also work with a built in flash and you do not need a pocket wizard for that. So, if you use the built in flash of yr D80, that is supposed to trigger the LP160.

As I am not completely familiar with the D80. I am not sure if it will fire a preflash. It probably will, so you have to set yr LP 160 in the "Slave I mode"

[schoorl200]

The 'Slave I' mode that you referred to in the video is a slave mode in which the lumopro ignores a pre-flash

[pjcamino1]

It's pronounced Nikon(neekon) remember it's japanese ;)

[B3rgmark96]

@AlphaSphere Thanks a lot for the answer! Now i know that i have to get the cactus v4. Since I'm just a newbie, i won't buy a super great trigger. And I'm just going to shoot for fun(hoping I't will get serious) But thank's very much!

[B3rgmark96]

If you have got the nikon D80, will the LumoPro LP160 work in slave mode with your built in flash? I've searched around for some options to fire the flash without a pocketwizard or cactus and so on, but i haven't found the answer yet, maybe it's cuz i'm from sweden but can you please help me? Is there a way for me to fire the flash(yn460 or a yn560 or the lp160)without using a second flash(like you did in the video) or a trigger?



[JoBrown84]

@4:53 The slave eye icon is a syncing function that allows you to sync with other flashes that receive preflashes i.e. Nikon CLS capable flashes us the optical eye. Before that feature pure manual flashes would be out of sync with CLS capable flashes.