At 23:11 12/4/02, Richard F. Man wrote:
First of all, when you say rotating bracket, is the Metz G16 one of those?
No. The Metz G15 (SCA 300) and G16 (SCA 3000/3002) are "potato masher"
style flash handles. You can use either one with the 40 MZ-3i, and an
SCA-300A cable with SCA-321 module. They're the equivalent of an OM BG-2,
except they're made to mount the Metz flash heads that use SCA
modules. While you can keep the flash above the lens, it's also always
offset to the left or the right depending on which side of the camera you
mount the handle, and whether you have the camera oriented horizontally or
vertically.
Two styles of flash brackets keep the flash directly above the lens
regardless of camera orientation (if adjusted correctly). These are "flip
flash" and "camera rotating" brackets.
An example of a "flip flash" bracket is the Stroboframe Quick Flip 350 or
the Newton N7200.
http://www.saundersphoto.com/html/strobo.htm
http://www.newtoncamerabrackets.com/newton.html
You hold camera and when you turn it vertically, you manually flip the arm
holding the flash to keep it above the lens.
Examples of a "camera rotating" bracket are the Stroboframe RL-2000 and
Newton N7000. You hold the bracket, the camera mounts inside it, and a
bracket mechanism allows rotating the camera between horizontal or vertical
while the bracket itself is always in the same orientation. Most have a
hand grip on the left side with a built-in cable release. I have a Newton
7000 rotating bracket. Although some people like them, I found the flip
style cumbersome to use and much prefer the camera rotating types. With
the rotators, the right hand focuses lens, winds film and rotates camera as
needed. Left hand holds bracket and trips shutter using built-in cable
release. A bit different than just holding the camera alone, but once you
use a decent camera rotating bracket a few times, it feels natural and
divides the tasks and workload between the left and right hands well.
One interesting thing is I just got the roll of Provia 100F slide back,
and it seems that the flash pictures look BETTER than the Kodak 100. Is it
possible that the film can make a difference?
It won't with regard to light quality or direction. However, for a number
of other reasons I'm not surprised your flash pictures look better overall
with Provia 100F slide film than with "Kodak 100" if what you mean by this
is Kodak's Gold 100 print film. Gold 100 is Kodak's low end ISO 100
consumer print film and IMO it leaves a lot to be desired. Has bright but
bland and inaccurate color rendition and even Portra 400 NC is finer
grained. By comparison, Provia 100F is a pro slide film with moderate
saturation, excellent color accuracy, and it's also the finest grained
currently made.
-- John
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