Speedlight with Radiopopper PX speedring solutions

Yet again?

Yet again I was in the market for a highlight specialized piece of photography gear...

Another specialized hunk of metal.

Shopping around the web - finding a speedlight speedring is easy. Finding images of one that could demonstrate room for a Radiopopper PX receiver was tough. So a couple of weeks ago I asked the Twitter community for their solutions for a speedring that would accommodate a speedlight with a Radiopopper PX receiver.

Beware - Geeky photo strobe gear images posted below :-)

Nikon SB900 with Radiopopper PX on Creative Light Speedring.

Thanks to all who answered my call. Especially @jeffzelevasky answering my query and even setting me up with the gear!

This Creative Light Speedring does the job. The threads are positioned perfectly for the PX receiver mount and the strobe head ends up safe and secure, right in the center of the speeding.

So there you have it. I'm off and running. Hope there's some other photogs out there that can benefit from this post!

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Update - Another option - my next favorite setup to get a Radiopopper PX equipped speedlight shooting through a softbox is the this: 

Nikon SB900 with Radiopopper PX on ePhoto Lbracket Speedlight Mount with Dyna speeding added (have to drill holes in the ePhoto gear to get the Dynalite ring on. Pretty easy)

Prefer the Creative Light ring's robust simplicity but this ePhoto Lbracket setup ain't bad. Especially if you have Dynalite speedrings in your inventory. Costs and weighs a bit less. Not the rock solid construction of the other unit. Worth considering though. 

Best of luck out there!

Blimp in the big sky

Another fine winter day to cruise with the top down in the Tempe.

I try to save my attention for the front, rear, left and right windows while driving. Checking out sky views only at stop signs and red lights. Good old Metlife blimp was flying by during one of my brief stops. Didn't get a chance to look through the rangefinder for this one. Held the camera skyward and shot. Love the big sky feeling.

Fuji X100 is a blast

Yes, high end cellphone cameras are wonderful. Used one for the image in this post. But for me, nothing inspires like the feel of a fine camera.

Early in my career - I always wanted, but never could find room in the gear budget for a Leica MP4 or M6. A cool rangefinder that would bridge the work/play gap. Then later on - as I transitioned from photojournalism to the studio - I forgot about rangefinders altogether. I used the DSLRs for work and rangefinder-less point & shoots or iPhones for personal / play photography.

Then along came the Fuji X100. My Christmas present to myself. A digital update on the classic setup of a 35mm f2 lens on a rangefinder. A photographer's point & shoot.

The lowlight performance is incredible, the shutter silent and the hybrid digital/optical rangefinder is the be all end all. The tactile experience of a fine mechanical camera with capabilities of digital imaging.

Highly recommend.

Winter grass and backlit lawn spriklers

Winter grass is in. Lawn sprinklers shower the yards I walk past. That glimmering aerosol always catches my eye.

Day at the track

Fun to watch. Even more fun when I got to sit in the passenger for a couple of laps.

Thanks goes out to EO New Jersey, Monticello Motor Club and World Class Driving for giving me and a bunch of other's - who would normally be spectators - the experience of riding in a performance vehicle pushed to it's limits. Good time was had by all!

Smokin hot August

New record for Phoenix heat in August this 2011. Don't need to turn the grill on to cook.

View from above

Heading back home to AZ form the East Coast again. Always spend time on the flight checking out the clouds. Relaxing. Passes the time. That's why I gave the window seat to the fidgety 3 in my row. All quiet after that. Worked out great.