Acer,
The homebrew diffuser will do you some good. I almost never use my T32
without it. You could make an exposure comp cut (up to -2/3 stop in some
cases) with slide film, but you'll be OK with the regular stop with auto or
TTL on print film probably. If you're really certain of your GN with the
diffuser, shoot in manual when you can and you really want the exposure on
the money. Try to use a stop which sort of works with the ambient
light: f5.6 might turn out to be good.
The Lumiquest pocket bouncer looks good too. It reminds me a little of the
angled bounce card that came with my Vivitar 4600. The Lumi bouncer is
probably even better as it appears to lose less light than the Viv bounce
adapter. I wish it were possible to determine a GN for these bounce
thingies, but I would never trust it where bounced light is a
variable. Maybe with the Lumi unit it would be possible?
Are you going to attempt any verticals? Always a problem with attachments.
Best of luck,
Joel W.
At 06:37 PM 4/26/2003 -0700, you wrote:
Nah, i'm not after the pro look, just something a cut above the "p/s shot
by some relative done on high contrast consumer film and 1hr[*] print
jobby down the road" look. so NPH and some softening of light, no matter
how little, and right now, I'm leaning more towards getting a Lumiquest
Pocket Bouncer
http://www.lumiquest.com/lq871.htm
than my own plastic made thing, mainly so I don't have to worry about
putting something together. I have done it in the past, but always had me
double checking to make sure is stayed on, or didn't slip down, or
whatever. with the PB, things should be easier.
There's gonna be LOTS of family gathered in the house, and i might try
turn the formal living room into a quasi studio, the ceiling is low enough
for bounce and there is enough lighting in there to give me some control
over shadows. however, the hall where the actual engagement takes place I
have no idea. the ceiling might be low enough to bounce, but i can't bet
on it. and candids can't be bounced either due to quickly changing
times/places. so anything that will reduce the harsh flash "deer in
headlamp" look is good.
--
/S
[*] ironically, some of the BEST prints i've gotten are from the local
walmart, which got the newest fuji frontier 390 machine. they'll do the
whole deal in 1hr, including 2megapixel scans onto a CD. I've tried fuji
pro processing done on conventional machines, and frontier beats it out
easy. oddly, NONE of the local pro stores could tell me if anyone in the
area had frontier; i was surprised to see it in walmart of all places
(they got it to 1hr APS i think). so for about 8$/36exp plus 4$ for CD, it
can't be beat in quality or price.
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