I do not personally use this method, preferring either the T-32 diffuser or
umbrellas (brollies). However, I recall from both an article long ago and
the results of some experimenting I did that the cloth employed can
sometimes give unexpected color shifts. Things like residues from
soap/detergent and the local water supply are not readily visible but become
apparent on film. Anything starched shows a *lot*; shooting through a plain
white cotton bedsheet, starched, gave very cold skin tones. Most
unflattering. Different brand tissues gave some odd results too. Some
experimentation required.
John P
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there is no "never" - just long periods of "not yet".
John Gaasland <kayak@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>I know this has been gone over before, but I read about a person who
>used cloth to cover the output of the T-20 to cut the light in half
>during fill flash. I would imagine this would have to be done in manual
>mode, or the TTL or auto functions would just extend the flash time to
>compensate? How would you know how much cloth to use to cut the light in
>half? I guess you could use 10ft as distance and asa 100 film speed, and
>a flash meter to experiment with how much cloth. Then using those
>numbers, you could calculate for other distances and film speeds. Any
>thoughts would be appreciated. John.
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