R1C1 kit

[chrisk]

anyone here have it, used it ?

just seeking some user experiences of the kit in real life. specifically for macro obviously, will mostly be tripod mounted on sigma 150mm f2.8.

[sirhc55]

Have it, use it, recommend it

[chrisk]

can you post a link to some photos pls.

also...
can you explain how they attach to the lens.
will the kits adaptor fit on my sigma do you know ? (72mm)
can you use the flashes remotely like a normal flashgun rather than on lens ?
do you have the kit with the su800 or do you trigger using sb800 ? i understand there is another kit that doesn;t include the su800.
is it any use at all for portrait photography when mounted on tripod ?

[sirhc55]

can you post a link to some photos pls.

also...
can you explain how they attach to the lens.
will the kits adaptor fit on my sigma do you know ? (72mm)
can you use the flashes remotely like a normal flashgun rather than on lens ?
do you have the kit with the su800 or do you trigger using sb800 ? i understand there is another kit that doesn;t include the su800.
is it any use at all for portrait photography when mounted on tripod ?

A pic:



The kit does have a 72mm ring.

Yes you can use them remotely either with the SU800 (I have) or the SB800.

I believe the kit without the SU800 is the R1.

You get five lens adaptor rings including the 72mm already mentioned. Once the adaptor is on the lens there is a unit that then clips onto the adaptor which takes the R200 units.

I have not used for portraits so I can’t answer that question.

[chrisk]

wow...perfect photo.
the info says it says it comes with a storage box, is it any good ?

thanx for your help.

[sirhc55]

wow...perfect photo.
the info says it says it comes with a storage box, is it any good ?

thanx for your help.

The system comes with a compartmentalised case that is great for storage.

[johnd]

Hi Rooz,

I too have the R1C1 and use it with a Sigma 150 2.8. A pretty good combination. The light is just so nice and even in macro shots. The flash units are low powered compared to the SB800 and they are really designed to give soft even light to your macro target which would typically be less than 1 metre away. When I'm doing portraits, I use twin SB800s for the extra power because your subject is typically a few metres away.

The SU800 (part of the R1C1 kit) can trigger any of the modern Nikon flashes remotely, SB800, 600 etc.

The only small downside is that the flashes and the SU800 commander run from CR123A batteries. These are quite expensive compared to AAs and as they are such a small battery, you'll only get 40 or so flashes from a rechargable before you need to recharge it again. For that reason I have 2 sets (6 rechargeable CR123A batteries) and a SB800 as backup You'd probably find the capacity of the non rechargeable variety better, but it would work out darn expensive.

The light is unbelieveably even and if you really want to you can add extra flash units up to a max of 4 in a ring around the front of your lens, but I find the light from 2 just so nice I don't think I would ever bother adding more flashes.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
John

[chrisk]

thanx mate. that helps alot. beautiful photos on your site, are many of them with the R1C1 setup ?

[johnd]

Hi Rooz,

The flower show images on my website are not done with R1C1, they were done with SB800 before I had the R1C1.

This was done with R1C1:




Thas was done with SB800:




Anything that casts a shadow onto itself (stamens of a flower for example) will benefit from the softer shadow effect that the R1C1 enables.

Cheers
John