I've been struggling with this issue for a long time and tried a few different approaches, but have finally landed on a way to do it without impacting the over-all shoot ... which is more on-camera fill, candid type shooting.
Here's a photo of my lastest set up: a D700 on a modified Stroboframe flip bracket using a SU800 commander for iTTL ... this allows me to remove the SB900 from the quick release and hold it anywhere I wish.
The recent addition of Hensel Pro Plus mono heads that can be adjusted right from the camera using their "Strobe Wizard" transmitter is what allowed full control of each head (up to any of number heads using 3 different channel groupings.) Or I can adjust "ALL" using the 4th setting on the transmitter.
I mounted the Transmitter upside down because both it and the flash QR wouldn't fit side by side on my existing flip bracket ... which actually turned out to be better anyway since it keeps it out of the way. The transmitter is triggered separately by a sync cord to the camera's sync port while the SU800 Commander is triggered by the hot shoe.
This is a nifty set up for a lot of applications, and I thought I'd share it for others to consider :angel:
Here's a photo of my lastest set up: a D700 on a modified Stroboframe flip bracket using a SU800 commander for iTTL ... this allows me to remove the SB900 from the quick release and hold it anywhere I wish.
The recent addition of Hensel Pro Plus mono heads that can be adjusted right from the camera using their "Strobe Wizard" transmitter is what allowed full control of each head (up to any of number heads using 3 different channel groupings.) Or I can adjust "ALL" using the 4th setting on the transmitter.
I mounted the Transmitter upside down because both it and the flash QR wouldn't fit side by side on my existing flip bracket ... which actually turned out to be better anyway since it keeps it out of the way. The transmitter is triggered separately by a sync cord to the camera's sync port while the SU800 Commander is triggered by the hot shoe.
This is a nifty set up for a lot of applications, and I thought I'd share it for others to consider :angel:
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