LATEST NEWS

May 2008

April 2008

• WEDDINGS FROM HELL & IMAGES THAT SELL
• PORTRAITS - CREATIVE USE OF FLASH
• PHOTOSHOP - THE NEXT LAYER
• 2 - DAY MASTER CLASSES (CARDIFF & DUBLIN)

For details of these seminars visit www.markcleghorn.com

December 2007

• Standard Disc covers focal lengths from 15 to 135mm
• Tele Disc covers focal lengths from 70 to 600mm

The Depth-Of-Field Guide is available in two versions: Imperial & Metric

• Quickly determine aperture setting, depth of field result, or hyperfocal distance
• Focal Lengths from 15 - 135mm & 70 - 600mm
• Distances – from 12 inches to infinity Sensor sizes and film formats - from 2x crop factor to 6x6 film
  
  

November 2007

Quantum's UK & Ireland distributor Flaghead Photographic are pleased to announce the launch of the QUANTUM QFLASH ACADEMY!

Following on from the success of the Quantum DVD, which contains a comprehensive product presentation of all Quantum products, the on-line academy features the Qflash and it's many applications in 10 practical lessons. All features of the Qflash are explored and technical aspects are explained in real shooting situations with lots of technical tips. Areas covered include:

• Creative lighting techniques
• Manual output control
• TTL features
• Wireless TTL applications using FreeXWire radio system
• Wireless TTL using the QNexus I R system with Nikon & Canon cameras
• Fill-in flash in manual and auto modes
• Auto mode
• Camera settings

The Qflash Academy lessons are presented by the experienced US photographer Will Crocket.

The 10 Qflash video lessons can be found through Quantum's home page www.qtm.com or you can see them at www.qflashacademy.com

October 2007

US manufacturer Custom Brackets have appointed Flaghead Photographic to be their exclusive UK & Ireland distributor. Custom Brackets are based in Cleveland, Ohio and make range of high quality camera brackets, camera rotating mounts and flash mounting accessories.

These are the only wear-compensating camera brackets on the market today, made to the highest standards in precision engineering. These products are the culmination of two-years of design, development and prototyping, all backed up by the founders 20 years of experience in photography and manufacturing. Patented in 1999, the rotation feature is the first of its kind which allows the camera to rotate from horizontal to vertical.

Unique to these brackets alone, they do not need to be tightened, re-tightened, or adjusted to keep them working properly, as they are individually created using computer controlled machinery. They are manufactured from aluminium for light-weight and anodised black for durability. Also built into the brackets are modern plastics and spring loaded parts, to prevent metal to metal contact and compensate for wear. In short: real heavy-duty, quality tools for demanding photographers!

Custom Brackets allow the photographer to change the camera position from horizontal to vertical position in one easy and fast movement, while retaining the flash in it's ideal position on top of the camera to avoid shadows appearing above and to one side of the subject.

A wide range of accessories allow customisation of these brackets to accommodate use of multiple flash units, radio or IR triggers and battery packs. To make selection easy a clever "Build Your Bracket" facility can be found on the manufacturers website to take the photographer through a selection process in easy steps.

Prices for complete bracket kits range from £75.20 to £217.50 inc. Vat.

EXPODISC White Balance Filter 52mm in stock! Price £37.45 + Vat.

EXPODISC offer two versions of the digital white balance filter:

White Balance Filter, White Balance Solution for Digital Cameras & Digital Video. A custom white balance using this filter before exposure ensures colours are recorded accurately, saving hours of work correcting images on the computer.

Warm Balance Filter, as above, but with a slight bias to produce warmer skin tones. ExpoDisc filters are available in sizes from 52 to 82mm and 4x4 for use in filter holders. They are supplied with a neck-strap, pouch and CD.

Prices start from £37.45 + Vat.

Now available from stock: the very latest digiCOVER products to protect the LCD screens of the latest camera models from Nikon & Canon:

August 2007

Quantum distributor Flaghead Photographic is giving away a FREE leather shoulder strap with any new Quantum Turbo, Turbo SC or Turbo 2x2 battery!

From Monday 13th of August until Thursday 1st of November 2007, anyone purchasing a new Quantum Turbo, Turbo SC or Turbo 2x2 battery from an authorized UK retailer will receive a FREE Quantum leather shoulder strap, QB60, worth £19 + Vat.

Quantum's range of Turbo batteries will power most portable, battery operated flash units and shorten recycling times dramatically! For example, a Nikon SB800 or Canon 580EX will recycle in 1 second to full power with a Turbo battery and give 400 to 500 full power flashes. A truly professional performance!

THE QUANTUM QB60 SHOULDER STRAP IS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY AT £19 + VAT FROM QUANTUM RETAILERS. THE QB60 WILL FIT THE FOLLOWING QUANTUM BATTERIES: QB1, QB1+, QB2, QB5, TURBO, TURBO Z, TURBO2X2 & TURBO SC.

THE SAFE AND EASY WAY TO CLEAN YOUR OPTICS!

Green Clean have an unrivalled reputation when it comes to cleaning delicate equipment and the Green Clean sensor cleaning system has established itself as a leader in this field.

• The Green Clean Optic Cleaning Kit LC-7000 comes with a 150 ml can of aerosol (CFC free) to remove dust and loose particles from the surface of the optic and 10 Wet & Dry wipes.
• Wet & Dry wipes give a professional clean of any optic and are available in packs of 10, 50 or 100 sealed double sachets.
• Wet & Dry wipes also clean other sensitive surfaces such as the LCD display of digital cameras, camera viewfinders, eye glasses or sunglasses
• The Wet fleece cloth is specially formulated for non-harmful use on optics and contains a solvent that is completely safe for use on Hi-Tech coated lenses and is anti-static at the same time.
• The Dry fleece cloth absorbs any liquid residue, while polishing the surface of the optic
  
  

July 2007

June 2007

May 2007

• Canon 580EX
• Metz 58 Series
• Minolta 5600 HS
• Konica/Minolta 5600 HS (D)
• Sony FLV-56AM

March 2007

February 2007

Flaghead Photographic have launched the ringflash adapter to fit Canon 580EX and Nikon SB800 flash units. This unique product was developed by a professional photographer from the Czech Republic. It uses a clever system of internal prisms and reflectors to distribute the light emitted from the flash unit evenly around the large diameter of the ringflash adapter.

The ringflash adapter is priced at £129.00 + Vat and comes in two versions:

SIRC for Canon 580EX
SIRN for Nikon SB800

Click here for further details:

Mark Cleghorn is a multi-award winning portrait and wedding photographer based in Cardiff, please visit his website www.markcleghorn.com to see some of Mark's stunning images. Mark has been using Quantum batteries and flash equipment for many years.

The "BIG EVENT" is organised by ROBERT WHITE PHOTOGRAPHIC and takes place at "The Arts Institute at Bournemouth" on 31 March and 1 April 2007.

For full details about the many seminars available and list of trade show exhibitors visit www.robertwhite.co.uk/bigweekend.htm

January 2007

From Monday 15th of January until Monday 5th of March 2007, anyone purchasing a new Quantum Turbo, Turbo SC or Turbo 2x2 battery from an authorized UK retailer will receive a FREE Quantum leather shoulder strap, QB60, worth £19 + Vat.

Quantum's range of Turbo batteries will power most portable, battery operated flash units and shorten recycling times dramatically! For example, a Nikon SB800 or Canon 580EX will recycle in 1 second to full power with a Turbo battery and give 400 to 500 full power flashes. A truly professional performance!

The Quantum QB60 shoulder strap is available separately at £19 + Vat from Quantum retailers. The QB60 will fit the following Quantum batteries: QB1, QB1+, QB2, QB5, Turbo, Turbo Z, Turbo2x2 & Turbo SC.

Quantum Instruments have produced a DVD with detailed information about its range of products. The 30 minute presentation is fronted by US photographer Will Crocket and delivers comprehensive information on Quantum's range of products, especially the innovative Qflash system. The information is presented in 7 chapters, which are easy to understand and entertaining. "See what Quantum's products can do for you!"

To receive a FREE Quantum DVD contact Flaghead:

Tel: 01202 733 123 Fax: 01202 737 428
e-mail: info@flaghead.co.uk

November 2006

Flaghead Photographic Limited now supply their popular EXPODISC range with a FREE black canvas pouch and a CD with detailed instructions, sample images and video clips with practical demonstration by experienced photographers.

The pouch & CD are now supplied with the following products:

• ExpoDisc White Balance Filter, White Balance Solution for Digital Cameras & Digital Video. A custom white balance using this filter before exposure ensures colours are recorded accurately, saving hours of work correcting images on the computer.
  
  
• ExpoDisc Warm Balance Filter, as above, but with a slight bias to produce warmer skin tones. ExpoDisc filters are available in sizes from 58 to 82mm and 4x4 for use in filter holders. Prices from £49.50 inc Vat.

History of the ExpoDisc: The inventor of the ExpoDisc was George Wallace who originally designed the filter for slide film. The idea was to turn the meter inside a 35mm camera into an incident light-meter by putting a prismatic diffusion filter in front of the lens and engineering it to pass exactly 18% of available light to arrive at the film plane, thus admitting the same amount of light which the average subject is assumed to reflect). Besides metering perfect TTL exposures for film cameras, the ExpoDisc also generates a superb neutral reference for colour capture. That's because it passes the light it receives without adding any significant colour cast of it's own and thereby identifying the unique colour cast that exists in every light condition!
Each unit is individually calibrated and colour corrected for neutrality, making digital white balance fast and easy. This easy to use tool allows every digital SLR camera to generate an impressive white balance, at capture, in almost all lighting conditions.

Read about George Wallace, the man behind the ExpoDisc:

The ExpoDisc can turn a camera into an incident light-meter and even a densitometer! For details: http://www.expoimaging.net/support/manuals/EN_16.pdf

October 2006

September 2006