Last night, We (my partner and myself) were at Mountainville Manor, photographing G&M Horse Riding club's awards dinner. What a great bunch of people. My partner constantly takes pictures of their horse back riding events. There is a direct link on their website to the images that he has posted on his PBase site. He has taken some amazing shots and the people, that run and participate in the club, really appreciate all the work he's done.
The group president invited my partner to the dinner originally, to sit and mingle. I had the idea of taking more pictures. Originally he was supposed to sit and mingle and I'll take pictures, but he could not help himself. So we were both on the floor taking tons of pictures. I'm sure these will also be up on the G&M's website, so take a look.
I wanted to say some stuff about the Cactus V2s that I had received last week. As it stands they are great triggers. We did do some modifications. First off, we added a holder for AA batteries. While doing this, we discovered that you cannot use rechargeable batteries in these units. I also remember another photographer telling me that as long as you keep fresh batteries in the units they'll work great. When he meant fresh, he meant fresh. We believe we know the reason for this. First off, these units require 3V on the circuit. One AA rechargeable is only 1.4V fully charged, 1.2V after it starts to be used. The batteries that are supposed to be used with the triggers probably lose their voltage after use too. For $8 a pop, this is a bit crazy to constantly be having to get new batteries. After we added the AA holders and put in fresh non-rechargeable batteries, they worked flawlessley, for the most part. Good Non-rechargeable batteries are 1.5V and I don't think they lose their charge nearly as much as other types. However, we did have the idea of putting what's called a capacitor in the circuit. This will try to always keep the voltage at 1.5V.
Why "for the most part"? My partner had did a antenna mod, that though worked, wasn't perfect. The gauge wire was a bit too thick. We believe that by the time the antenna was energized, the shutter was already starting to close. This was causing obvious syncing issues. Therefore, if anyone else does an antenna mod, use small gauge wire. After he fixes that one issue, I'll put up images of the mods and whether they were worth the work.
Just a reminder: Feb 1st 2009 (Sunday) is Anthony's Pier 9 bridal show. Of course we'll be there. Feel free to stop in and chat.
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